c) i) Relative to the sun, calculate the minimum speed for a spacecraft to escape the solar system if it starts at the Earth’s orbit.(Given M sun = 1.989 x 10 ^30 kg, distance from Earth to Sun = 1.5 x 10^11 km) ii) Voyager 1 achieved a maximum speed of 125000 km/h on its way to photograph Jupiter. Calculate the distance from the Sun for this speed sufficient to escape the solar system.

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c) i) Relative to the sun, calculate the minimum speed for a spacecraft to escape the solar system if it starts at the Earth’s orbit.(Given M sun = 1.989 x 10 ^30 kg, distance from Earth to Sun = 1.5 x 10^11 km)

ii) Voyager 1 achieved a maximum speed of 125000 km/h on its way to photograph Jupiter. Calculate the distance from the Sun for this speed sufficient to escape the solar system.  

 
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