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Which planet has an atmosphere so heavy?

Which planet has an atmosphere so heavy?

Atmospheric makeup The air of Venus is so dense that by mass, the small traces of nitrogen are four times the amount found on Earth, although nitrogen makes up more than three-fourths of the terrestrial atmosphere.

Do you weigh more on Earth or Neptune?

Although Neptune is much larger than Earth, its surface gravity is about the same as the surface gravity on Earth. The surface gravity on Neptune is about 110% of the surface gravity on Earth, so if you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 110 pounds on Neptune (assuming you could find someplace to, well, stand).

What happens to your weight when you travel to Jupiter?

If you are worried about your weight, do not go to Jupiter. The Jovian gravity is much more intense than Earth’s. 2.528 times more intense to be exact. That means if you weigh 100 kg on Earth, your weight on Jupiter would be 252.8 kg.

How do planets affect weight?

The amount of gravity depends on the size of the planet. A small planet has less gravity and the larger planet has more gravity. If you stand on more massive planets like Jupiter you will weigh more and if you stand on less massive planets like Mars you will weigh less.

Are you heavier on Mars?

So an object or person on Mars would weigh 37.83% its weight on earth. Therefore, a person would be much lighter on mars. Conversely, a person is 62.17% heavier on earth than on Mars.

How heavy would I be on Jupiter?

1.898 × 10^27 kg (317.8 M⊕)
Jupiter/Mass

Why do some planets weigh more than others?

Planets and moons are very massive objects and have a very strong pull on other objects. This phenomenon is known as gravity. More massive objects have a stronger pull than less massive objects. This is why you weigh more on larger, more massive planets like Jupiter and less on smaller, less massive planets like Mars.

What happens if you have twice the mass of a planet?

If you double your mass, gravity pulls on you twice as hard. If the planet you are standing on is twice as massive, gravity also pulls on you twice as hard. On the other hand, the farther you are from the center of the planet, the weaker the pull between the planet and your body.

How does the size of a planet affect its gravity?

This means that a planet’s size actually has a greater relative impact on its gravity and on your weight on its surface than does its mass. Written as a formula, Newton’s gravitation law looks something like this: r is the distance (m) between the centers of the two masses (the planet’s radius).

How much would you weigh on the surface of Mars?

Because weight = mass x surface gravity, multiplying your weight on Earth by the numbers above will give you your weight on the surface of each planet. If you weigh 150 pounds (68 kg.) on Earth, you would weigh 351 lbs. (159 kg.) on Jupiter, 57 lbs. (26 kg.) on Mars and a mere 9 lbs.