Question

The planet Jupiter is more than 300 times as massive as Earth, so it might seem that a body on the surface of Jupiter would weigh 300 times as much as on Earth. But it happens a body would scarcely weigh three times as much on the surface of Jupiter as it would on the surface of the Earth. Explain why this is so.​

Answer 1

The surface gravity depends upon 2 things. One its mass and the second id the distance from center.

Explanation:

As the density of Jupiter is onlu 1.32 g/cm Cube the distance from center will be high. Earths density is high 5.51 gm/Cm cube.

THat is the reason for low surface f gravity forula for calculating g=G *m/r 2.