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the weight of an object on a planet depends not only on its mass, but also on its distance from the planets center. This table lists the weight of 80 kg on each planet in the solar system. Uranus has more than 14 times as much mass as Earth, yet the gravitational force is less. Explain how this could be

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this could be becuase of gravity pulling the mass into the center of the earth
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