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How Much Would You Weigh on Another Planet?

If you jump up as hard as you can, gravity pulls you back down to the earth. If you were standing on another planet and jumped up, you might be able to jump higher, or maybe not as high.

How strong the pull feels depends on how big the planet is. On planets with more mass than earth, you would feel heavier, and on planets with less mass you'd feel lighter. (Mass just means the amount of "stuff" the planet is made of.

Type Your Weight on Earth

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Now click on any planet.

If you were on

you would weigh about

 

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