A baseball pitcher wants to impress his girl-friend with how strong his throwing arm is. On which of the following bodies would the pitcher be MOST likely to be able to throw a baseball (a fast ball) so fast it would actually go into orbit?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Ganymede
D) Titan
E) asteroid Ida

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The ability to throw a baseball into orbit around a celestial body depends on the body's gravity and escape velocity. Asteroid Ida has significantly lower gravity and escape velocity compared to Earth, Mars, Ganymede, and Titan, making it the most likely place where a human could throw a baseball fast enough for it to go into orbit.

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