Question

The escape velocity of a planet depends on the radius of its orbit around the parent star.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in an interview.

I want to ask this question from Gravitation topic in section Gravitation of Physics – Class 11

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) False

The explanation is: The escape velocity of a planet is independent of the radius of orbit of its parent star. It only depends on the radius of the planet and the mass of the planet.