escape velocity

minimum speed needed for an object to escape the gravitational influence of a primary body
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escape velocity

Summary

escape velocity ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • escape velocity's image is recorded as KSC-95EC-0911.jpg[2].
  • escape velocity's follows is recorded as first cosmic velocity[3].
  • escape velocity's followed by is recorded as third cosmic velocity[4].
  • escape velocity's subclass of is recorded as cosmic velocity[5].
  • escape velocity's part of is recorded as gravity[6].
  • escape velocity's part of is recorded as spacecraft[7].
  • escape velocity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09g5z[8].
  • escape velocity's PSH ID is recorded as 2942[9].
  • escape velocity's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1288783[10].
  • escape velocity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0217024[11].
  • escape velocity's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/escape-velocity[12].
  • escape velocity's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/escape-velocity[13].
  • escape velocity's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+11.186'}[14].
  • escape velocity's defining formula is recorded as v_{\mathrm{e}} = \sqrt{\frac{2 G M}{r}}[15].
  • escape velocity's studied by is recorded as orbital mechanics[16].
  • escape velocity's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00031555n[17].
  • escape velocity's NE.se ID is recorded as flykthastighet[18].
  • escape velocity's Quora topic ID is recorded as Escape-Velocity-1[19].
  • escape velocity's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as natuurkunde-scheikunde-en-sterrenkunde/ontsnappingssnelheid[20].
  • escape velocity's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as escape-velocity[21].
  • escape velocity's ISQ dimension is recorded as \mathsf{L} \mathsf{T}^{-1}[22].
  • escape velocity's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as unnslipningshastighet[23].
  • escape velocity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • escape velocity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[25].
  • escape velocity's Fandom article ID is recorded as space:Escape_velocity[26].

Why It Matters

escape velocity ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,071 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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