Jupiter is more than 300 times as massive as Earth, so

Chapter 4, Problem 104

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Jupiter is more than 300 times as massive as Earth, so itmight seem that a body on the surface of Jupiter wouldweigh 300 times as much as it weighs on Earth. But it sohappens that a body weighs scarcely three times as muchon the surface of Jupiter as it weighs on the surface ofEarth. Discuss why this is so. (Hint: Let the terms in theequation for gravitational force guide your thinking.)

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