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Getting satellites into orbit is hard enough - they need to be hurled into space with enough energy to reach around 26,000km/h. But staying in orbit means avoiding losing energy to the Earth's atmospheric drag.
High jump. If you can jump half a metre high on the Earth, how high could you jump on other objects in the Solar System? Caution: take care when jumping on small bodies - you may never come back down.
How High You Could Jump on Different Planets in 3D. Gravity is what keeps your feet firmly planted on the ground. That’s why the average person can only jump as high as 1.5 feet straight up.
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How high can you jump on other planets and worlds in the Solar System, including our Moon? A look at gravity and jumping beyond Earth.
Jun 20, 2023 · How high you can jump on other worlds is affected by many factors, here we estimate jump heights based on each world's gravity.
- Robin Hague
Jan 10, 2017 · On Earth, a good leap can clear over half a metre (1.6 feet) in a second. But hop with the same force elsewhere in the Solar System - someplace like the Moon, Mars, or even a comet - and all bets are off, due to the different masses of those worlds.
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You could jump nearly 37 times as high on Ceres than on Earth, assuming the initial mechanics are fairly similar. This still isn't sufficient because Ceres' gravitational sphere of influence extends much further than this.
