Why is Jupiter's gravity so strong?

Answer 1

Because it is so big, according to the equation: Force of Gravity= G*((M1*M2)/D^2) Where G is Newton's Gravitational Constant, M1 and M2 are the masses of Jupiter and the object being attracted respectively, and D is the distance between the two objects.

Answer 2

The energy is produced outside of the event horizon. It is caused by matter falling at great speed - or, more relevant, at a great acceleration - into the black hole, as well as by matter colliding with other matter in the accretion disk.

Answer 3

1. The black hole would directly release Hawking Radiation. This is a very weak radiation that is difficult to detect, and has not yet been confirmed experimentally.

2. Indirectly, radiation (like X-rays) from any object falling into the black hole, caused by a great acceleration.

Answer 4

Gravitational force is proportional to each of the masses involved, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance. The same mass will pull stronger, if you get closer.

Let's assume the Sun converts to a black hole (it probably won't; this is hypothetical), by itself, without getting additional matter. Then, it would still exert the same pull on the Earth - after all, masses and distances will stay the same - and the dying Earth will continue to go around in its orbit around the black hole. (Dying, because Earth will no longer receive radiation from the Sun - this will be fatal for life on Earth.) However, if you get extremely close to this black hole, gravitation will become stronger and stronger, because of the shorter distance.

Answer 5

Because of its huge mass compared to the surrounding planets. Jupiter, along with the Sun, is largely responsible for the composition of our solar system, because of their masses.

The larger the mass, the bigger the gravitational influence.

Try the fun gravitational forces simulator linked below to simulate the influence of a large planet on smaller ones and their trajectories.

Answer 6

Jupiters overall mass is much larger than that of the Earth, so it has a larger gravitational pull. gravity of an object is related to its mass, the more massive, the stronger the gravitational field.

Answer 7

The best way to describe this is to think:

Gravity is a combination of mass (the total existence of the body) divided by the radius squared. F=Gm1m2/R2.

So for the Earth the gravity at the surface is a formula of the mass and it's radius squared.

Now shrink the Earth to the size of a pea, and the formula is still true but the radius has now fallen to 0.5 inch but the mass has stayed the same.

Now imagine the Sun, 330,000 times as massive of the Earth, squashed to the size of the Earth -- this is about the density of a neutron star.

Now imagine a star 100 times as massive as our Sun and squashed down to -- well nothing. Infinite density but zero size -- this is a black hole. An object with the mass of 100 suns but with zero radius. So you end up with an object with so much mass and zero or at least negligible radius that all that mass is compressed into such a small area that's it's gravity is so great that not even light can escape it.

I'm an avid amateur and not a scientist. But I think Einstein's idea of space-time will help. Einstein suggests that mass causes a warping of space-time itself. This is why the gravity of the sun, for example, will appear to 'bend' the path of light from stars behind the sun. This has been observed in several different settings. The larger the mass, the stronger the warping. A black hole is so massive, and its gravity is so strong, that the warp in space-time is extreme. If you were a photon within the event horizon of black hole, it would still seem to you that you are traveling in a straight line, but in fact it would be a straight line through an unimaginably distorted space. You would buzz on and on, never finding a path that takes you back out through the event horizon.

Answer 8

Due to the mass of Jupiter being so large, it's gravity is therefore felt by Mars. All objects with mass have gravity.

Answer 9

About 2.5 times Earth's gravity - see http://www.answers.com/topic/jupiter for more details.

Answer 10

people cant make a black hole powerful the reason it is so powerful is because it eats everything in its path and that makes them bigger and more powerful and that is why