Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, has a radius R = 1200

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Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, has a radius R = 1200 km and an acceleration due to gravity on its surface of magnitude g = 0.77 m/s2.

a) Use these numbers to calculate the escape speed from the surface of Eris.
1359.41 m/s

b) If an object is fired directly upward from the surface of Eris with half of this escape speed, to what maximum height above the surface will the object rise? (Assume that Eris has no atmosphere and negligible rotation.)

Please help for part B!!!!


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Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, has a radius R = 1200 km and an acceleration due to gravity on its surface of magnitude g = 0.77 m/s2. Use these numbers to calculate the escape speed from the surface of Eris. If an object is fired directly upward from the surface of Eris with half of this escape speed, to what maximum height above the surface will the object rise? (Assume that Eris has no atmosphere and negligible rotation.)

Explanation / Answer

Let the mass of Eris be M.
From (a), M = gr

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