The planet Jupiter is more than 300 times as massive as Earth, so it might seem that a body on the surface of Jupiter would weigh 300 times as much as on Earth. But it so happens a body would scarcely weigh three times as much on the surface of Jupiter as it would on the surface of the Earth. Explain why this is so
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If the radius of Jupiter were the same as that of the Earth, then a body would weigh 300 times as much as Jupiter is 300 times more massive than Earth. But the radius of Jupiter is about 10 times that of Earth, weakening gravity by a factor of 100, resulting in 3 times its Earth weight.
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