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A superhero's leap: the same jump on the Moon, the planets and Pluto

Gravity is the whole trick: a jump that rises 0.5 m on Earth would rise 7.0 m on Pluto, 3.1 m on the Moon and only 0.21 m on Jupiter.

What does this axis measure?
What does this axis measure?
A superhero's leap: the same jump on the Moon, the planets and Pluto: 10 points, a scatter chart.
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Jump height (m)
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Surface gravity (m/s²)
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The data: 10 points
Surface gravity (m/s²)Jump height (m)
0.77
1.63.06
3.71.32
3.71.32
8.70.56
8.90.55
90.54
9.80.5
110.45
23.10.21
Source
Computed: the top of a jump, y = V0² / (2 g) (NASA Glenn Research Center, Ballistic Flight Equations), with each body's gravity from NASA's Planetary Fact Sheet (NSSDCA, Goddard Space Flight Center)
Licence
Original computation by Unlabeled; nothing copied from the source
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2026-10-14
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