Free-fall acceleration on the surface of planet


The mysterious visitor which appears in the enchanting story The Little Prince was stated to come from a planet that “was hardly any larger than a house!” Suppose that the mass per unit volume of the planet is about that of Earth and that the planet doesn’t noticeably spin. Take the diameter of the planet to be 19 m. Estimate (i) the free-fall acceleration on the surface of planet and (ii) the escape speed from the planet.

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