Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. The former ninth planet was found to be smaller (radius of 1,188.3 km) and less massive (1.309 x 1022 kg) than all the other planets. Determine the escape velocity for this dwarf planet.

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. The former ninth planet was found to be smaller (radius of 1,188.3 km) and less massive (1.309 x 1022 kg) than all the other planets. Determine the escape velocity for this dwarf planet.

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Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies
beyond the orbit of Neptune. The former ninth planet was
found to be smaller (radius of 1,188.3 km) and less massive
(1.309 × 1022 kg) than all the other planets. Determine the
escape velocity for this dwarf planet.

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