To: SunkenCiv
Assuming (always a dangerous practive) a rocky planet, with its apparent mass, its gravity would be greater than Earth’s. I haven’t done the math (probably won’t), but I would guess it to be 3 to 4 times that of Earth. So, a 150 lb. human would weigh from 450 to 600 lbs. Hmmmmm. wonder what they would look like?
13 posted on
12/07/2011 5:24:15 AM PST by
ixtl
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To: ixtl
Whatever lives there would probably be very low to the ground.
14 posted on
12/07/2011 6:50:25 AM PST by
jmcenanly
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To: ixtl
lol. Thank you for that. I follow a lot of these exoplanet threads and keep hearing about 'Earth-like' planets that are 8 times as big as the Earth. But they seem to always pass over the fact that 8 times the size = 8 times the gravity.
Not very 'Earth-like' to my mind.
Godspeed
19 posted on
12/07/2011 11:11:24 AM PST by
HeartlandOfAmerica
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To: ixtl
Probably much more muscular, really would have to be.
26 posted on
12/07/2011 6:37:56 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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