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Relationship between planet size and gravitational field strength
Objects on the Moon weigh less than they do on the Earth because the gravitational field strength is much less. On the moon, astronauts can jump higher and leap farther than on Earth. Gravitational field strength is in direct relation to the size of a planet.
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