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What do I weigh on...? A mathematics and science lesson The Sun • The Sun is a star. • The Sun has solar flares coming off its surface. • The Sun has the hottest core temperature in our solar system. MERCURY • Mercury is the closest planet to the sun A person weighing 90 pounds on Earth is about • Mercury looks a lot 34.2 pounds on Mercury. like our moon To figure out what you weigh on Mercury, take • Mercury is the your weight and multiply smallest planet 0.38 to find the answer. VENUS • Venus spins backwards • Venus has the hottest surface temperature of all planets. • Venus is referred to as Earth’s sister planet. That same person that was on Mercury has now traveled to Venus and now weighs 81 pounds. The gravity multiple for this planet is 0.90. Earth is the planet you live on Earth is the only planet with liquid water Earth is the third planet from the sun • Mars is known as the red planet • Mars has four seasons • Mars has dust storms that cover the whole planet A 90 pound person would weigh the same as a person on Mercury, which is 34.2 pounds. The gravity multiple for Mars is 0.38. • A 90 pound person is 228.6 on Jupiter’s gaseous surface. The gravity multiple for Jupiter is 2.54. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun Jupiter has no solid surface • Saturn is famous for its rings • Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun A 90 pound person on Saturn would weigh 104.4 pounds. • Saturn’s rings are made up of billions of little pieces of rocks and ice The gravity multiple is 1.16. Uranus spins on its side Uranus looks like a blue-green disk Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun • A person weighing 90 pounds on Earth would 82.8 pounds on Uranus. The gravity multiple is 0.92. A 90 pound person on Neptune weighs 107.1 pounds. • Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun The gravity multiple is 1.19. • Neptune has a moon that orbits in the opposite direction • Neptune is the bluest planet in the solar system A person weighing 90 pounds on Earth would weigh 5.4 pounds on Pluto. The gravity multiple for Pluto is 0.06. Pluto is a dwarf planet Pluto has a very unusual orbit Pluto is a member of the Kuiper Belt