Escape velocity from objects in the solar system

We have seen that one can compute the escape velocity from a body via

You've already applied this equation to the Earth. Why not practice on some of the other bodies in our solar system? (Disclaimer: yes, some of these objects lack a solid surface, so imagine the velocity it would take to shoot a cannonball from a big cannon floating high above the cloudtops in a gigantic ballon).



  Body           Mass          Radius            Escape velocity
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  Sun

  Mercury

  Venus

  Earth
   
  Moon

  Mars
  
  Jupiter

  Saturn

  Pluto

  Vesta

  Ida

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