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Jupiter's moon Io has active volcanoes (in fact, it is the mostvolcanically active body in the solar system) that eject materialas high as 500 km (or even higher) above the surface. Io has a massof 8.93×1022 kg and a radius of 1821 km .

How high would this material go on earth if it were ejected withthe same speed as on Io? Earth has a mass of 5.97×1024 kg and aradius of 6356 km.

The correct answer is 72.3 km. Please explain your work. Thankyou~

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It is an interesting question and it is totally practicaloneso read it carefully Students get confuse when theiranswer didnt match with this mathActually the volcanic explosion acts in a different way on theJupiters moon as Jupiter largest planet in our solar    See Answer
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