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The discussion clarifies the relationship between mass and gravity, specifically addressing the misconception regarding Jupiter's gravity despite its lower mass compared to Earth. The Earth's mass is established as 5.972 × 1024 kg, while Jupiter's mass is significantly greater at 1.898 × 1027 kg, making it approximately 318 times more massive than Earth. The conversation also explains scientific notation, which simplifies the representation of large numbers, such as 5.972e24 for Earth's mass.

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first thing first i want you to excuse me for my Grammar or spelling cause i am really bad at both !we know that what gives the thing gravity is the mass
the mass warp the space-time fabric
but Jupiter has a low mass than earth
how does it have all this amount of gravity
or the warping in the space fabric effects the surrounding area of the planet's gravity
i searched on google for the Earth mass and that's the number that came out
5.972 × 10^24 kg
while Jupiter is
1.898 × 10^27 kg
what is the number 24 and 27
and what is 5.972 and 1.898 ? does that is the mass number ?
 
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##10^{24}## is an abbreviation, which means: ##10## multiplied with itself ##24## times. This results in a ##1## followed by ##24## zeroes: ##1000000000000000000000000##. So ##5.972 \cdot 10^{24}\, kg = 5972000000000000000000000 \, kg##. Jupiter's mass is accordingly. It is the same as in the notation of square miles as ##mi^2##. The notation sq.mi. belongs in the trash.
 
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And to add to what's already been said:
Writing a number as 5.972 x 1024 is called "scientific notation" or "exponential notation". (10^24 is the same as 1024)
It is a shorthand way of dealing with very large or very small numbers without all the zeros ( a number like 0.000000003 would be written as 3.0 x 10-8)
Sometimes you will see this notation condensed even further as 5.972e24 where the "e" stands in for the "x 10^"

Thus, since the Earth's mass is 5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg, and Jupiter's is 1,898,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg, Jupiter is about 318 times more massive than the Earth.
 
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