To: The_Victor
So a rocky planet the size of Jupiter would have the same gravitational pull as a gas giant like Jupiter?
34 posted on
06/13/2005 1:28:06 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek
No. A rocky world that size (an impossibility) would be more massive than a gas giant and have a higher surface gravity.
35 posted on
06/13/2005 1:29:12 PM PDT by
Junior
(“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
To: cripplecreek
So a rocky planet the size of Jupiter would have the same gravitational pull as a gas giant like Jupiter? No. A rocky planet would have much greater mass that a gas planet of the same size.
37 posted on
06/13/2005 1:32:55 PM PDT by
The_Victor
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To: cripplecreek
Actually, I don't have the math handy but I believe that a body with the density of rock and the volume of Jupiter would probably be a star, ignited by the pressure of all that mass. That's why rocky planets are small and the only large planets are the gas giants.
46 posted on
06/13/2005 1:47:56 PM PDT by
Squawk 8888
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