Could you ever jump off a planet? ft. Prof. David Kipping

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Do people remember the game Super Mario Galaxy? Mario used to run around these tiny planets and then jump between them. It got me thinking - could you ever get a planet that small? And how small would a planet have to be before a human could jump off it? I got Prof. David Kipping, an expert on planets and exoplanets at Columbia University, to help me answer those questions. See more of David over on the Cool Worlds Lab channel: https://www.youtube.com/coolworldslab @CoolWorldsLab ----- My new book 'Space: The 10 Things You Should Know' is out now worldwide (except US & Canada)! You can order it from amazon here: http://bit.ly/SpaceDrBecky News on US & Canadian publication coming soon! Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! -------- Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford. Dr. Becky also presents videos on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols and Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos http://drbecky.uk.com https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk ------------

Published 2020-01-15 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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