- #1
softport
- 13
- 0
Hello, can you can tell me if this is correct? I thought the height would turn out
close to where satellites orbit, but it comes out to about 5.5 million miles away!
I was very surprised by this, that's about 20 times further than the moon.
Here's what I used
Escape velocity: Ve = sqrt(2GM/r)
Earth mass: 5.97x10^24 kg
Gravitation constant: 6.67x10^-11 N(m/kg)^2
(Ve=) Handgun bullet speed: 300 m/s
regards,
Walter
close to where satellites orbit, but it comes out to about 5.5 million miles away!
I was very surprised by this, that's about 20 times further than the moon.
Here's what I used
Escape velocity: Ve = sqrt(2GM/r)
Earth mass: 5.97x10^24 kg
Gravitation constant: 6.67x10^-11 N(m/kg)^2
(Ve=) Handgun bullet speed: 300 m/s
regards,
Walter
Last edited: