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scotty_le_b
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I was wondering what would g equal on Jupiter if you could stand on its surface? I wrote a computer programme (my 1st one) to work g out anywhere and when i plugged in the numbers for Earth it gave me 9.799 which is correct and for Jupiter it gave me 24.778 but when I looked it up I kept finding values nearer 28. I had the mass of Jupiter as 1.8987e27 and the radius of Jupiter as 7.1492e7. I had already set G to be 6.67e-11 and the programme uses the formula g=(G*m)/r^2. Have I done anything wrong or could it just be different values for the mass of Jupiter and its radius?
Thanks
p.s. I realize that you could never stand on the surface of Jupiter :)
Thanks
p.s. I realize that you could never stand on the surface of Jupiter :)