What is the asteroid''s escape speed

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Q1. A student shoots spitball at the wall from a height of 1.50 meters. The spitball has an initial horizontal velocity of Vxo, other than has no vertical velocity component. The spitball lands on the ground 8 meters from where it was shot. What is the Vxo?

Q2. The asteroid Pallas has an average diameter of 520 km and a mass of 3.2 x 10^20 kg.

(a) How much would the 100 kg astronaut weigh there? (b) What is the asteroid's escape speed?

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