What is the escape velocity for a spaceship taking off

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Most asteroids are oblong in shape. Approximate an asteroid as being made up of two identical spheres of mass M and radius R that are just touching each other, in a figure eight. In terms of G,M, and R, what is the escape velocity for a spaceship taking off from the top of the figure eight?

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