On Earth, froghoppers can jump upward with a takeoff speed of 2.83 m/s. Suppose you took some of the insects to an asteroid. If it is small enough they can jump free of it and escape into space.
(a) What is the diameter (in km) of the largest spherical asteroid from which they could jump free? Assume typical asteroid denisty of 2.0 g/cm³.

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