An atom bounces off the surface of a planet and heads straight up with an initial velocity of 512 m/s to a height of 35.425 km. Based on the gravitational acceleration it experienced, what planet was it?   Mars (g = 3.7 m/s2) Venus (g = 8.9 m/s2) Earth (g = 9.8 m/s2)   A. Earth B. Mars  C. Venus

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An atom bounces off the surface of a planet and heads straight up with an initial velocity of 512 m/s to a height of 35.425 km. Based on the gravitational acceleration it experienced, what planet was it?

 

Mars (g = 3.7 m/s2)

Venus (g = 8.9 m/s2)

Earth (g = 9.8 m/s2)

 

A. Earth

B. Mars 

C. Venus

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