11 Mar '06 04:21>
Since all this news about Encaledus I was going over a data sheet
about Saturn and these three lines struck me as odd:
Gravity (eq., 1 bar) (m/s2) 10.44 9.80 1.065
Acceleration (eq., 1 bar) (m/s2) 8.96 9.78 0.916
Escape velocity (km/s) 35.5 11.19 3.172
The first figure is the gravity of Saturn, then earth then the ratio between the two. You see gravity and acceleration as nearly equal to earths but then you look at the escape velocity and you see Saturn has an escape velocity of three times that of earth. How can that be?
about Saturn and these three lines struck me as odd:
Gravity (eq., 1 bar) (m/s2) 10.44 9.80 1.065
Acceleration (eq., 1 bar) (m/s2) 8.96 9.78 0.916
Escape velocity (km/s) 35.5 11.19 3.172
The first figure is the gravity of Saturn, then earth then the ratio between the two. You see gravity and acceleration as nearly equal to earths but then you look at the escape velocity and you see Saturn has an escape velocity of three times that of earth. How can that be?