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  1. Saturn has a radius of about 9.0 earth radii, and a mass 95 times the Earth’s mass. Estimate the gravitational field on the surface of Saturn compared to that on the Earth. Show your work.

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MissPhiladelphia

for the answer to the question above asking to estimate the gravitational field on the surface of Saturn compared to that on the Earth. 


the radius of earth = 6,370 km 
5.97 × 1024 kg = mass of earth
gs = GMs/Rs² = G(95Me)/(9²Re²) = ge(95/9²) = 1.173ge =
 11.49 m/s²

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