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A spacecraft (mass = m) orbits a planet (mass = M) in a circular orbit (radius = R). What is the minimum energy required to send this spacecraft to a distant point in space where the gravitational force on the spacecraft by the planet is negligible?
 a. GmM/(4R)
  b. GmM/R
  c. GmM/(2R)
  d. GmM/(3R)
  e. 2GmM/(5R)
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