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Mars only has about 28% the surface area of the Earth. What's interesting is that number matches the land area of Earth, so the total surface of Mars is roughly the same as the dry land surface of Earth.
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Is Mars' gravitational pull about one third of Earth's?
A bit more than that. The surface gravity on Mars is closer to 3/8 the gravity on Earth.
How much more gravitational pull on Mars than on Earth?
There is less gravity on mars, it has only 37.6% of earths gravity. If you weigh 100lbs on Earth, you would weigh 37.7lbs on Mars. Mars is smaller than Earth so the effect that gravity has on anything there is lower than it is on Earth
If your planet Earth was the same distance from the Sun as Mars is would the surface of your planet be as cold as Mars is?
No. The light from the sun has to travel farther to get to Mars, so it losses more intensity than it would if it were only traveling to Earth. As a result, the sun is dimmer on Mars than it is on Earth.
Does the earth have more mass than mars?
Yes. Earth is about 6.5 times larger than Mars and has more mass.
Are Earth and Mars the same mass?
No. Mars is a little more than a tenth the mass of Earth.
Does earth have stronger or weaker gravity than mars?
The gravitational force exerted at the surface (and above the surface) of Mars is weaker than that here on Earth. The reason: Mars has less mass than earth.
What is the core temperature of planet Mars?
The core of Mars is cooler than the Earth. Why depends on the surface area relative to the volume of a planet. A larger planet like Earth has a lot of volume and a limited amount of surface area by which to radiate its internal heat to space. Mars is smaller but has more surface area per volume than Earth, so it can radiate its internal heat away to space more efficiently than Earth. There are other smaller differences in the initial heat of accretion and the heat released when the core forms from an initially homogeneous mass, but the surface area is the biggest factor. like none of this has an actual temperature
Is Mars' gravitational pull about one third of Earth's?
A bit more than that. The surface gravity on Mars is closer to 3/8 the gravity on Earth.
What is the size of mars relation to earth?
earth is 93 million miles that is with six zeros and mars is 47 million miles the difference is46000000 46 million miles difference
Is Mars a low density cloud of gas or something more substantial?
Something more substantial - a planet quite similar to Earth, in the sense that it has a solid surface. Mercury, Venus, and Mars are similar to Earth, in that they have a solid surface. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are gas giants. They do not have a solid surface like Earth.
What has more gravity moon or mars?
Mars has 38% approximative gravity to that of Earth, meaning Earth has almost three times as much. While the moon has 16.7% that of the Earth. Meaning Mars has a stronger gravitational pull then that of the moon.
How much more gravitational pull on Mars than on Earth?
There is less gravity on mars, it has only 37.6% of earths gravity. If you weigh 100lbs on Earth, you would weigh 37.7lbs on Mars. Mars is smaller than Earth so the effect that gravity has on anything there is lower than it is on Earth
It used to be more like Earth.?
Mars used to be more like Earth.
Is there more land or water on earth?
There is more water on Earth than land (surface area). Water covers nearly 71% of the Earth's surface. While Earth's surface is mostly water, Earth is nearly all rock. Just 0.5% of the planet by weight is water. -Thong Tran
Does mars have stronger grtavity than earth or weaker?
Because Mars is a lot less massive than the Earth. The surface gravity depends on the mass of the planet you are standing on, and since Mars is lighter the surface gravity there will be less than here on Earth.The gravitational force between two objects depends on their mass and the distance between their centers of mass. Mars has a smaller radius than the Earth (which would tend to increase the gravitational force), but it has a much smaller mass than the Earth (which tends to decrease the gravitational force). Combining the two factors, it works out that the surface gravity of Mars is about one-third that on Earth.
Is there gravity on Mars?
Yes, but it is much less than on Earth. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth you would weigh just 56.5 pounds on Mars. The specifics of the gravity on Mars is tjat it is 62% lower to be more precise. That means that Martian gravity is 38% of Earth's.
How is gravity about the same on Mars and Mercury?
This does seem odd. Mars, with a mass that is about twice the mass of Mercury, has about the same surface gravity. Mars' mass is about .107 the mass of earth, and the mass of Mercury is about .055 the mass of earth. The surface gravity on Mars is about .38 times the surface gravity of earth, and the surface gravity of Mercury is about .38 times the surface gravity of earth as well. The difference is that the mean density of Mercury is about 5.43 grams per cubic centimeter, and the mean density of Mars is about 3.93 grams per cubic centimeter. Mercury is quite a bit more dense, so if you stand on Mercury you are much closer to the center of gravity of the planet. Mercury has a tiny slightly bit more gravity than mercury though.
