The masses and radii of the Earth and the Moon are

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The masses and radii of the Earth and the Moon are M1M_1 , R1R_1 and M2M_2 , R2R_2 respectively. Their centres are at a distance dd apart. The minimum speed with which a particle of mass mm should be projected from a point midway between the two centres so as to escape to infinity is .....

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