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To: cripplecreek; RockinRight
I'm curious if the gravity of a planet is affected by it's density. I know our gas giants aren't very dense yet they have extremely strong gravitational fields. Or is mass more of a factor than density?

Post #6 pretty much answers those questions. It depicts a very dense gas giant ;)

69 posted on 06/13/2005 4:48:24 PM PDT by m87339 (Squawk: "Plane is rough on Autoland" Response: "Autoland not installed on this equipment")
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To: m87339

Ive pretty much figured out that it matters how much there is not how densely it's packed.

In any case I don't think we would be walking around on the surface of a rocky planet 6 to 7 and a half times as massive as the earth.


72 posted on 06/13/2005 4:54:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I zot trolls for fun and profit.)
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