Gravity is a weird thing. When thinking about it, we tend to think about places either having it or not. But in reality gravity occurs on a spectrum. All the planets in our solar system have different levels of gravitational force. The graph above shows all the planets, plus Pluto, and their force of gravity. The planets are listed by their distance from the sun.
A few other planets have a gravitational force that is similar to Earth. But not Jupiter. Jupiter has a force almost double that of Earths. It would be extremely unpleasant to live there, but the song “Defying Gravity” would probably be extra meaningful.
There are 8 planets in the our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was classified as a planet prior to 2006, but now is considered a “dwarf planet”. The graph above shows the gravity found on all the plants (plus Pluto!) in our solar system in order of their distance from the sun.
Planets Gravity Graph Notes:
The x-axis (horizontal part of the graph) shows the planet name in order from the sun ~ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. The y-axis (vertical part of the graph) shows the planets force of gravity. Dwarf planets: a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such. Gravity: The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
