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Things You Thought You Knew – Kicked into Orbit
StarTalk Radio
The Escape Velocity for Any Object
The escape velocity for any object on Earth is a seven miles per second. That's the speed you need to get into orbit. So, the space station and the space shuttle and Elon Musk and all these folks orbit the Earth at five miles perSecond. The top speed of a soccer ball would be anywhere near 130 miles an hour.
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