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Minimum velocity with which an object must be
projected for it to escape from the
gravitational pull of a planetary body. In
the case of the Earth, the escape velocity
11.2 kps/6.9 mps; the Moon 2.4 kps/1.5 mps;
Mars 5 kps/3.1 mps; and Jupiter 59.6 kps/37
mps.