In the previous post, I derived the formula for finding the escape velocity from a spherical mass, e.g., the Earth.
In this post, I will go over some implications of this important formula, including the original prediction that black holes should exist.
As the reader probably knows, any planet or moon has an Escape Velocity. A mass at the surface travelling at this speed or greater will go infinitely far – gravity will never be able to pull it back.
This post is about escape velocity, starting with a derivation of the formula for computing it.
Read the rest of this entry »
I'm Larry Phillips, a former engineer, programmer, math teacher, math /physics tutor, and currently owner of a tutoring company. I'm on a mission to show that math is more interesting than the schools made you think it was.
