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Suppose that you are stranded—your rocket engine has failed—on an asteroid of diameter 3 m...

Suppose that you are stranded—your rocket engine has failed—on an asteroid of diameter 3 miles, with density equal to that of the earth with radius 3960 miles. If you have enough spring in your legs to jump 4 feet straight up on earth while wearing your space suit, can you blast off from this asteroid using leg power alone?

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 2.3