Consider a distant planet having a radius of 3,000 kilometres and unknown mass. If an object is dropped from a height of 1,500 kilometres, what will be its velocity just before it hits the ground? (Assume the acceleration due to gravity on planet’s surface is 3 m/s².)
(A) 3,000 m/s
(B) 1,000 m/s
(C) 2,000 m/s
(D) Mass of the planet is required
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