If you weighed 100 lb on Earth, what would you weigh at the upper atmosphere of Jupiter? For reference, Jupiter has a mass that is about 300 times Earth’s mass and a radius that is 10 times Earth’s radius.

The answer to the question is

A 100 lb person would weigh 300.33 lbf at the upper atmosphere of Jupiter

Explanation:

To solve the question we note that

Mass of object = 100 lb =‪ 45.35924‬ kg

Mass of Jupiter = 300×Mass of Earth = 300×5.972 × 10²⁴ kg =1.7916×10²⁷ kg

Radius of Jupiter = 10× Radius of Earth = 10×6,371 km = 63710 km

Gravitational constant, G = 6.67408 × 10⁻¹¹ m³ kg-1 s-2

Gravitational force is given by

Plugging in the values we get

= = 1335.93 N

Converting into lbf gives 1335.93 N *0.2248 lbf/N = 300.33 lbf

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