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Meanings of escape velocity in English

Russian
2-я космическая скорость
Portuguese
velocidade de escape
Spanish
velocidades cosmicas
Catalan
velocitat de fuga
Wikidata

Concept in celestial mechanics.

2-я космическая скорость
Usage of escape velocity in English
1
Not nearly enough to make orbit, let alone escape velocity, I'm afraid.
Red Planet Blues
2
Bates and Moran come closest, in very different ways, to reaching escape velocity.
The Irish Times
3
But when it comes to escape velocity, we're not taking about most cases.
Wired
4
Despite moving up a gear, we haven't yet reached escape velocity.
The Guardian
5
So high that the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.
Wired
6
I cannot wait for this to achieve escape velocity from the mundanity well.
Surface detail
7
Those gas molecules heat up, speed up, and more readily achieve escape velocity.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
8
The blast we're saving to push to escape velocity is about three kilotons.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
9
His new management position had blasted him to escape velocity.
Riding rockets
10
Using Jupiter's enormous gravity to assist its acceleration, Earth would finally achieve escape velocity.
The Wandering Earth
11
He'd have to cut power once he reached escape velocity.
Moonfall
12
Half the gravity, and less than half the escape velocity.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
13
If we wanted to, we could spend some more rockets and hit escape velocity.
Space Tug
14
It gives the death cult its momentum, its escape velocity.
The new yorker
15
Galactic escape velocity is high, and escape velocity from the local group is even higher.
Palimpsest
16
Richard says our escape velocity is still increasing rapidly.
The Complete Rama Omnibus