Question: Jupiter is about 320 times as massive as the Earth. Thus, it has been claimed that a person would be crushed by the force of

Jupiter is about 320 times as massive as the Earth. Thus, it has been claimed that a person would be crushed by the force of gravity on a planet the size of Jupiter since people can’t survive more than a few g’s. Calculate the number of g’s a person would experience at the equator of such a planet. Use the following data for Jupiter; mass = 1.9 x 1027 kg, equatorial radius = 7.1 x 104 km, rotation period = 9 hr 55 min. Take the centripetal acceleration in account.

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