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`V_e` and `V_p` denote the escape velocities from the earth and another planet having twice the radius and the same mean density as the earth. Then

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`v_e= v_p`

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`v_e = v_p/2`

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`v_e =2v_p`

D

`v_e = v_p/4`

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