The planet Jupiter is more than 300 times as massive as Earth, so it might seem that a body on the surface of?

Question

But is so happens that a body would scarcely weigh three times as much on the surface of Jupiter as it would on the surface of the Earth. Can you think of an explanation for why it’s so?

Answer 1

Juipter is a gas giant - the size of the planet is due to its great atmosphere. It is speculated that there is a soild core in the middle under tremendous pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere.

now your weight would be 3x as earth due to the gravitional forces, but you would be crushed under the weight of the atmosphere ( as in ocean diving you weigh the same but the force down on you would be more)

So if you were on the "surface" of jupiter you would weigh 3x more but you would feel a helluva lot heavier.

Answer 2

If you squashed Jupiter into an 8,000 mile wide ball, you'd weigh 300 time as much at the surface. (Or, whatever layer of gas you called the surface) But the mass of Jupiter is, on average, much further away from you than on earth, so the cumulative pull is a lot less. (Don't nobody get all Einstein on me. Newton is fine for this question)

Answer 3

BECAUSE JUPITER'S GRAVITATION POWER IS 3 TIMES MORE THAN THAT OF EARTH.