Does escape velocity depend on direction?

Escape velocity is actually a speed (not a velocity) because it does not specify a direction: no matter what the direction of travel is, the object can escape the gravitational field (provided its path does not intersect the planet).

Does the escape velocity depend on the location from where it is projected?

There is no relation of escape velocity with the location from where it is projected. Hence it does not depend on the location from where it is projected. There is no relation between the angle of projection on the escape velocity.

Does the escape velocity depend on a location from where it is projected II the height of the location from where the body is launched?

(d) The escape speed of a body depends upon the height of the location from where the body is projected, because the escape velocity depends upon the gravitational potential at the point from which it is projected and this potential depends upon height also.

What are the factors on which the escape speed depends?

The escape speed depends only on the mass and radius of the planet.

Does angle affect escape velocity?

Escape velocity is defined so that any object, no matter which direction it is traveling, will be able to reach an infinite distance from another body (Earth, for example) despite that body’s gravitational pull. The launch angle does not matter because there is no maximum height.

What does escape velocity does not depend on?

mass
Escape velocity does not depend on the mass of the body as well as the direction of projection of the body. It only depends on the mass and the radius of the planet or Earth from where the body is to be projected.

How does the escape velocity depend on mass?

Escape velocity does not depend on the mass of the body as well as the direction of projection of the body. It only depends on the mass and the radius of the planet or Earth from where the body is to be projected.

What do you mean by gravitational constant?

gravitational constant. [ grăv′ĭ-tā′shə-nəl ] n. The constant in Newton’s law of gravitation that yields the attractive force between two bodies when multiplied by the product of the masses of the two bodies and divided by the square of the distance between them.

What is the variation in acceleration due to gravity with altitude?

h = attitude height of the object from the surface of the Earth. Hence, acceleration due to gravity decreases with an increase in altitude.

How can you explain velocity of projection as velocity of escape?

“escape velocity is the minimum speed needed for a free object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body.” Thus, to have a projectile escape Earth’s gravity parallel to the plane of the Earth, it will need a greater initial velocity, but by definition the escape velocity remains the same.