The masses and radii of the Earth and Moon are $M_1, R_1$ and $M_2, R_2$ respectively. Their centers are at a distance $d$ apart. The minimum velocity with which a particle of mass $m$ should be projected from a point midway between their centers so that it escapes to infinity is:

  • A
    $2\sqrt{\frac{G}{d}(M_1 + M_2)}$
  • B
    $2\sqrt{\frac{2G}{d}(M_1 + M_2)}$
  • C
    $2\sqrt{\frac{Gm}{d}(M_1 + M_2)}$
  • D
    $2\sqrt{\frac{Gm(M_1 + M_2)}{d(R_1 + R_2)}}$

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