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The escape velocity at the surface of Earth is approximately 11 km/s. What is the radius,...

The escape velocity at the surface of Earth is approximately 11 km/s. What is the radius, in units of R (the radius of the Earth), of a planet with twice the mass of Earth for which the escape speed is twice that for Earth?

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