Question

The weight of an object on a planet depends not only on its mass, but also on its distance from the planets center. Uranus has more than 14 times as much mass as earth, yet the gravitational force is less. Explain how this could be. Pleas answer cause idk what it means.

Answer 1

The further an object is from the centre of a planet, the lower it's gravitational force. Uranus had 14 times as much mass as earth, but it's also a lot bigger than earth. So assuming an object is on the surface of Uranus, it would be really far away from the centre of Uranus, therefore the gravitational force is less.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Weight w=m*g
where m is the mass and g the gravitational acceleration.
Uranus has much more mass than Earth though it has less gravitational force than Earth.