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To: cripplecreek

Gravity is directly proportional to mass. Density has nothing to do with the equation. Gas giants have high gravity because even though they aren't dense, there's a lot of mass involved.


40 posted on 06/13/2005 1:39:15 PM PDT by brownsfan (Post No Bills)
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To: brownsfan
Gravity is directly proportional to mass

But also inversely proportional to the square of the radius. Thus a larger, but less dense, planet will have a lower surface gravity than another of the same mass.

53 posted on 06/13/2005 1:59:43 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: brownsfan

What is the mathematical formulae for gravity?


67 posted on 06/13/2005 4:48:21 PM PDT by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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