• Question: is there a planet with to much gravity

    Asked by coolscientist to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 13 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Hayley Evers-King

      Hayley Evers-King answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      You can’t really have too much gravity as a planet. The amount of gravity a planet has is directly related to how much mass it has. However if a planetary body gets very big and has a lot of gravity it can form a start, or if it is too little (less gravity) it can’t hold on to an atmosphere – like our moon.

    • Photo: Edward Bovill

      Edward Bovill answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      The planet with the largest gravitational pull in our solar system is Jupiter. If you could stand on the surface of Jupiter (which you can’t as it’s a liquid surface), then you would weigh two and a half times as much as you do on Earth! This would make it pretty hard to move around.

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