FIND: 1. please elaborate how would you get the answer to the escappe vel0city from plut0. 2. we would need to find the minimum energy required for an aircraft or ship of some sort with mass (525kg) to escape this planet..

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consider plutos diameter and mass. (2374)km & (1.303E22kg) and day which is 6.4 dayz long.

FIND: 1. please elaborate how would you get the answer to the escappe vel0city from plut0. 2. we would need to find the minimum energy required for an aircraft or ship of some sort with mass (525kg) to escape this planet.. 3. we would also need to find the t0tal energy for a complete orbit around the planet with an airship with a same mass (525) and an altitude of 224 km

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