| Planet |
Radius (km) |
Mass (kg) |
Gravitional Pull
mass/(radius)^2 |
Gravity relative
yo Earth |
Your weight on
each planet |
| Mercury |
2439 |
3.30E+23 |
2.24E-44 |
1.26E+02 |
1.22E+04 |
| Venus |
6052 |
4.87E+24 |
2.55E-46 |
1.43E+00 |
1.39E+02 |
| Earth |
6378 |
5.98E+24 |
1.78E-46 |
1.00E+00 |
9.70E+01 |
| Mars |
3397 |
6.42E+23 |
8.24E-45 |
4.62E+01 |
4.48E+03 |
| Jupiter |
71492 |
1.90E+27 |
1.98E-50 |
1.11E-04 |
1.08E-02 |
| Uranus |
25559 |
8.69E+25 |
3.38E-48 |
1.90E-02 |
1.84E+00 |
| Saturn |
60268 |
5.69E+26 |
1.86E-49 |
1.04E-03 |
1.01E-01 |
| Neptune |
24764 |
1.02E+26 |
2.38E-48 |
1.33E-02 |
1.29E+00 |
| Pluto |
1160 |
1.31E+22 |
6.76E-42 |
3.79E+04 |
3.68E+06 |
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| Moon |
1738 |
7.35E+22 |
3.22E-43 |
1.80E+03 |
1.75E+05 |
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| Definitions |
| mass |
| the amount of matter in an object |
| weight |
| the amount of gravatational pull on an object |
| gravity |
| the force of attraction between all objects in the universe |
| matter |
Something that occupies space and can be
perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or
the universe as a whole.
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| radius |
A line segment that joins the center of a circle
with any point on its circumference.
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