Activity III - Your Weight on Other Worlds Compute the values for the equatorial

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Activity III - Your Weight on Other Worlds Compute the values for the equatorial radius and mass of the celestial bodies listed in the table below, in units of the Earth's equatorial radius and mass respectively (third and fifth columns). Then plug the values into the equation for column six to determine the surface gravity of each world. Some of the planets are already done for you, so refer to those as examples. Planet Equatorial Radius Mass Surface Gravity g | (Earth-1) - (Earth = 1) | (kg) (Re) (km) (Earth =1) R2 Mercury 2,439 0.38 3.30 x 103 0.060.42 Venus 6,052 Earth 6,378 1.00 Mars 3,397 Jupiter 71,492 Saturn 60,268 9.45 Uranus 25,559 4.01 Neptune 24,764 3.88 1.02 x 10% 17.13 1.14 Pluto 1,123 0.18 Moon 1,738 | 437 x 10m 5.97 x 101.00 6.42 x 10 1.90 x 10 5.69 x 10 95.31 8.68 x 10 14.54 1.00 1.07 0.90 1.46 x 10 0.0025 7.35 x 10 0.07 Physics 121 Lab 3 - 6/7

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planet R R* M M* g 0 Venus 6052 0.94563 4.87 0.811666667 8.904485 Mars 3397 0.53078 0.642 0.107 3.725818 Jupiter 71492 11.1706 1900 316.6666667 24.89525 Moon 1738 0.27156 0.0735 0.01225 1.629542

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