The Little Prince lives on an asteroid with a radius of 10 km made up of volcanic rock (density 2,500 kg/m3). His mass is 30 kg. a) What is his weight on the asteroid?
On Earth he can jump to a height of 1 m. With that knowledge, he jumps up on the asteroid as hard as he can. b) Will he be able to escape the asteroid?
The mass of the Earth is 6 x 1024 kg. The radius of the Earth is 6370 km. The universal gravitational constant is 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2kg-2.
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