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Would a body have any residual velocity if launched at escape velocity from the Earth's surface?
A body is lanuched at escape velocity from the Earth's surface i.e 11.2 km/s ,what would be it's velocity outside the Earth's gravitational field?
I guess it would be zero but there's another problem ...
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How much additional light does Earth receive from the Sun due to Earth's gravitational field?
I was reading about how gravity affects light, and that got me wondering how much additional light is collected by the Sun due to the Earth's gravitational field.
Is it a significant amount of light (...
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