• Question: what gravitational force on the moon

    Asked by anon-210327 to Hannah on 13 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Hannah Dalgleish

      Hannah Dalgleish answered on 13 Mar 2019:

      The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon is about 1.63 metres per second squared (it’s very small!). This is much less than on Earth where it is 9.81 m/s^2. For Jupiter it’s much bigger because the planet is so big: 24.79 m/s^2. For the Sun it’s even stronger again, around 274 m/s^2. You get the idea. 🙂

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