# escape velocity

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

**Wikidata**: [Q166530](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166530)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/escape-velocity


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [Source](https://books.google.com/books?id=JjrdCG5BFwUC&pg=PA240)
3. [Source](https://history.nasa.gov/conghand/traject.htm)
4. BabelNet
5. Quora