How high could you jump on another planet? (VFX experiment)

How high could you jump on another planet? What about on the moon? The gravity we experience on earth is very different from the gravity on other moons and planets across the solar system. So if we turned the dial on earth’s gravity to match the force of gravity on another planet, how high could you jump? Today, I’ve invited my friend Drew to help us find out! We built a green screen simulator and with some simple visual special effects, we can visualize how Drew could jump across the solar system.
If you want to try this thought experiment for yourself, here’s a link download an excel file and run this experiment for yourself! drive.google.com/file/d/1Kmxb...
📚If you’re a teacher, here’s a folder we’ve curated with several downloadable PDFs for your students to dive into this topic in class drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Video Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:22 - How we built this experiment
00:57 - How high could you jump on Earth?
01:07 - How high could you jump on Mars?
01:30 - How high could you jump on the Moon?
02:07 - How high could you jump on Jupiter?
02:59 - How high could you jump on Pluto?
04:10 - Recap
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Episode Credits:
Written, Directed, and Edited: Jared Belcher
3D Animation: Andy Belcher ( / andy__animates )
2D Animation and Compositing: Jared Belcher
Original Theme Music: Branded.
Episode Music: “Wide Awake” by Virgil Arles
Special Thanks to: Drew Fraley & Nick Bible
💻Equipment Used:
iPhone 13 Pro
Tascam DR-10L Portable Digital Audio Recorder With Lavalier Microphone amzn.to/3pCXF0g
Sony a6500 amzn.to/3yARkqT
2022 MacBook Air (M2) amzn.to/3ADHtlC
2019 MacBook Pro
Autodesk Maya
Final Cut Pro
Apple Motion

[@JustusStew]

Incredible!

[@nasaman58]

I love this, this is so much fun! When I was a kid with my dad at the gym I would simulate the gravity of different planets by jumping while holding on to one of the pulley-based exercise machines

[@DigitalAstronaut]

That’s such a fun way to do that!