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And the question about determining the gravitational force of a planet from its mass and a radius is an actual question--either in relation to Earth's gravitational force, or in terms of actual units independent of Earth.

24 posted on 04/25/2007 4:22:52 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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The basic formula is this:

Gravity of 581 planet =(density of 581/density of Earth)* Radius of planet 581.


30 posted on 04/25/2007 4:45:20 AM PDT by BGHater (“Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.”)
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