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I have been told that there is no interaction between the gravitational fields of the sun and any planet, but the issue continues to stimulate my curiosity.
If the Earth orbits the sun at 30km/s, how could anything achieve an orbital speed around Earth at greater than 30km/s without transferring into solar orbit?
If it is the case that solar gravity influences escape velocity, then wouldn't something orbiting one of the distant gas giants be able to orbit those planets at a much more distant point at a lower velocity without escaping into solar orbit?
In that case, wouldn't a planet's escape velocity depend on its orbital velocity relative to the sun or whatever it was orbiting?
If the Earth orbits the sun at 30km/s, how could anything achieve an orbital speed around Earth at greater than 30km/s without transferring into solar orbit?
If it is the case that solar gravity influences escape velocity, then wouldn't something orbiting one of the distant gas giants be able to orbit those planets at a much more distant point at a lower velocity without escaping into solar orbit?
In that case, wouldn't a planet's escape velocity depend on its orbital velocity relative to the sun or whatever it was orbiting?