A rocket is launched normal to the surface of the Earth, away from the Sun, along the line, joining the Sun and the Earth. The Sun is 3×105 times heavier than the Earth and is at a distance 2.5×104 times larger than the radius of the Earth. The escape velocity from Earth's gravitational field is ve=11.2 km/s. The minimum initial velocity (vs) required for the rocket to be able to leave the Sun-Earth system is closest to (Ignore the rotation and revolution of the Earth and the presence of any other planet)
vs=42 km/s
For earth, the escape velocity ve=√2GMR
and for the system (Sun +Earth),
potential energy =(−GMR−3×1052.5×104GMR)m
=−GMR(1+12)=−13GMR
∴ 12mv2=13GMmR
v=√2GMR.√13=ve
∴ ve=40.4 km/s≈42 km/s.