Calculate the escape speed on a spherical asteroid

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(a) What is the escape speed on a spherical asteroid whose radius is 804 km and whose gravitational acceleration at the surface is 0.943 m/s2?

(b) How far (in km) from the surface will a particle go if it leaves the asteroid's surface with a radial speed of 897 m/s?

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