Aside from the sun, what planet is the largest source of gravity in the solar system?

Answer 1

The asteroid belt.

Jupitor is the 2nd largest point source of gravity, but it is has a very low density compared to the asteroids.

The total number of comets might also have a larger total gravity than the sun even.

Answer 2

Jupiter is the solar systems vaccuum cleaner. It keeps meteors like Schoemaker-Levy 9 from impacting earth. Without Jupiter the Earth would be bombarded with far more meteors than it does normally. Jupiter is the largest source of gravity in the solar system because gravity is directly interchangable with mass and Jupiter has the most mass of any planet in the solar system. That should answer your question.

Answer 3

The largest source of gravity would be the planet with the most mass, and that is Jupiter - since gravity is a function of mass.
Then after Jupiter, in decreasing mass (and therefore gravity) are Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Earth, Venus, Mars, then Mercury.

Answer 4

Apart from the Sun not being a planet, there's only the Solar System's Cosmic Hoover Vacuum Cleaner... and that's Jupiter.

Answer 5

Surface gravity doesn't matter, total mass does. The masses of the sun planets, in terms of Earth mass, are:

Sun: 333,000
Mercury 0.055
Venus 0.86
Earth 1.00 (by definition)
Luna: 0.0123
Mars 0.11
Jupiter 318
Saturn 95
Uranus 14.5
Neptune 17.2
Pluto 0.002 <== too small to be regular planet, Pluto is a dwarf planet.

Answer 6

Jupiter

Answer 7

Jupiter

Answer 8

Jupiter at about 2.4 times the surface gravity of Earth.

Doug

Answer 9

Jupiter, because gravity increases with the mass

Answer 10

I think u are looking for Jupiter. The real center of gravity is the black hole in the middle of our galaxy.