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Relative size of Alien beings on another planet

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Having recently studied Galileo theory on the Square-Cube Law, I was curiously thinking about how this would apply to alien life forms on another planet. I've come up with these theories and would like to know if anyone who is an expert on the Square-Cube law could prove or disprove:

  1. If alien life were found on a planet smaller than Earth, such as Mercury, I hypothesize that the beings would be much bigger than earthlings since the planet would have less gravity.
  2. If the hypothesis from #1 is correct, then it would stand to reason that even though the alien creatures would be much bigger then earthlings, if the aliens were brought to Earth, they would be bigger, but much weaker, since Earth would have more gravity then their home planet.
  3. The inverse of #1. If alien life were found on a planet bigger than Earth, such as Saturn, I hypothesize that the beings would be much smaller than earthlings since the planet would have much more gravity.
  4. The inverse of #2. If the hypothesis from #3 is correct, then it would stand to reason that even though the alien creatures would be much smaller then earthlings, if the aliens were brought to Earth, they would be vastly stronger then earthlings, since Earth's gravity would be much less than the gravity of their home planet.

Thoughts on these hypothesis's?

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