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The planet Mars has a radius of about 0.53 Earth radii and a mass of only 0.11 Earth masses. Estimate g on Mars.

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directly proportional to the mass
... and inversely proportional to the square of the distance (radius)

gMars = gEarth * 0.11 / (0.53^2)

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