What would the radius (in mm) of the Earth have to be in order for the escape speed of the Earth to equal the speed of light (3 x 108 m/s)? You may ignore all other gravitational interactions for the rocket and assume that the Earth-rocket system is isolated.

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Answer:

Radius in mm will be 4.425 mm        

Explanation:

We have given given escape speed of earth is equal to speed of the light as [tex]v=3\times 10^8m/sec[/tex]

Gravitational constant [tex]G=6.67\times 10^{-11}Nm^2/kg^2[/tex]

Mass of the earth [tex]M=5.972\times 10^{24}kg[/tex]

We have to find the radius of the earth

We know that escape speed is [tex]v=\sqrt{\frac{GM}{R}}[/tex]

So [tex]3\times 10^8=\sqrt{\frac{6.67\times 10^{-11}\times 5.972\times 10^{24}}{R}}[/tex]

Squaring both side[tex]9\times 10^{16}={\frac{6.67\times 10^{-11}\times 5.972\times 10^{24}}{R}}[/tex]

[tex]R=4.425\times 10^{-3}m=4.425mm[/tex]

So radius in mm will be 4.425 mm