You are trapped on an earth-like planet with a mass of 7.00×1024 kg and a radius of 3000 km. You were able to build a cannon capable of launching a human. What velocity will you need to escape the planet? (We can simplify the Gravitational Constant G to 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg) m/s

You are trapped on an earth-like planet with a mass of 7.00×1024 kg and a radius of 3000 km. You were able to build a cannon capable of launching a human. What velocity will you need to escape the planet? (We can simplify the Gravitational Constant G to 6.7x10-11 Nm2/kg) m/s

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