Chapter 13: Q74P (page 384)
Question: The mysterious visitor that appears in the enchanting story The Little Prince was said to come from a planet that 鈥渨as scarcely any larger than a house!鈥 Assume that the mass per unit volume of the planet is about that of Earth and that the planet does not appreciably spin. Approximate (a) the free-fall acceleration on the planet鈥檚 surface and (b) the escape speed from the planet.
Short Answer
Answer:
- The free fall acceleration on the planet鈥檚 surface is
- The escape speed from the planet is

