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• escape velocity — es*cape vel*o ci*ty, n. (Physics) The minimum velocity at which an object must be moving in order for it to overcome the gravitational attraction of a massive celestial body, such as the earth or the sun, and escape beyond its gravitational field …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Escape Velocity (video game) — Escape Velocity Developer(s) Ambrosia Software Publisher(s) Amb …   Wikipedia

• escape velocity — n. the minimum speed required for a particle, space vehicle, or other body to escape permanently from the gravitational field of a planet, star, etc.: it is c. 11.3 km ( c. 7 mi) per second for escape from the earth …   English World dictionary

• Escape velocity — In physics, escape velocity is the speed where the kinetic energy of an object is equal to the magnitude of its gravitational potential energy, as calculated by the equation,:U g = frac{ Gm 1m 2}{r}.It is commonly described as the speed needed to …   Wikipedia

• Escape Velocity Nova — Infobox VG| title = Escape Velocity Nova developer = Ambrosia Software and ATMOS publisher = Ambrosia Software designer = Matt Burch engine = version = 1.0.10 on July 11, 2006 (Mac and Windows) released = March 18, 2002 genre = Space… …   Wikipedia

• Escape Velocity (Doctor Who) — Doctorwhobook title=Escape Velocity series=Eighth Doctor Adventures number=42 featuring=Eighth Doctor Fitz and Anji writer=Colin Brake publisher=BBC Books isbn= ISBN 0 563 53825 2 set between= pages=288 date=February 2001 preceding=Father Time… …   Wikipedia

• escape velocity — Physics, Rocketry. the minimum speed that an object at a given distance from a gravitating body must have so that it will continue to move away from the body instead of orbiting about it. [1950 55] * * * Speed sufficient for a body to escape from …   Universalium

• escape velocity — noun Date: 1934 the minimum velocity that a moving body (as a rocket) must have to escape from the gravitational field of a celestial body (as the earth) and move outward into space …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Escape from Jupiter — is an Australian children s science fiction drama which aired from April 10, 1994 to July 3, 1994. Concerning a small group of children on Jupiter s moon Io, the series ran for 12 episodes.When one of Io s volcanoes erupts, the group must flee… …   Wikipedia

• Earth — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Earth (disambiguation). Earth   …   Wikipedia

• Velocity — In physics, velocity is defined as the rate of change of position. It is a vector physical quantity; both speed and direction are required to define it. In the SI (metric) system, it is measured in meters per second: (m/s) or ms 1. The scalar… …   Wikipedia