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By the force of its gravitational attraction.
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What determines how much you weigh on any planet or the moon?
There are only 3 variables. Your mass, the mass of the planet or moon that you are on, and the diameter of that planet or moon. You can then mathematically determine your weight in accordance with Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.
What is the mass of Moon's?
The mass of the Moon is 7.3477 × 1022 kg.AdditionallyIn comparison to Earth, mass of moon = 0.0123 Earths. The Moon's mass is 1/81 of Earth's.
What is the moon's mass compared to the earth's mass?
1 earth mass = 81.78 moon mass (rounded)1 moon mass = 0.01223 earth mass = 1.223% of earth mass (rounded)The mass of the moon is only 1.2 percent of the mass of Earth.
Is the mass of the moon greater than the mass of the earth?
No. The mass of the moon is a fraction of the earth's mass.
What are the 3 factors of weight?
The mass of the object, the mass of the object that is attracting it and the distance between their centres of gravity.So your weight on the moon will depend on your mass, the moon's mass and the distance from your centre of gravity to the moon's.The mass of the object, the mass of the object that is attracting it and the distance between their centres of gravity.So your weight on the moon will depend on your mass, the moon's mass and the distance from your centre of gravity to the moon's.The mass of the object, the mass of the object that is attracting it and the distance between their centres of gravity.So your weight on the moon will depend on your mass, the moon's mass and the distance from your centre of gravity to the moon's.The mass of the object, the mass of the object that is attracting it and the distance between their centres of gravity.So your weight on the moon will depend on your mass, the moon's mass and the distance from your centre of gravity to the moon's.
How does mass determine the force of gravity of an object in space such as the earth or moon?
Mass doesn't change when gravity is applied. Mass: The amount of matter in an object VS. Weight: The force of gravity on an object. Example: A cow is 800 kg on Earth, and 800 kg on the moon because you are not changing what the cow is made of.
Can you determine the mass of the moon if yes then what do we need to know?
The mass of the Moon can be found from a modified form of Kepler's third law of Planetary Motion. You need to know the time taken for the Moon to orbit the Earth and the mass of the Earth. Also you need the distance between the Moon and Earth. Let the orbital period be P Moon's mass = Mm Earth's mass = ME Distance apart = D Gravitational Constant = G Then: Mm + ME = (4pi2/G) x (D3/P2) Note: That equation doesn't show up properly on some pages. To clarify, it involves: pi squared, D cubed and P squared. Also, an artificial satellite orbiting the Moon can be used to find the Moon's mass by the same method: mass of satellite (negligible) + mass of Moon = (4pi2/G) x (D3/P2) D is now the distance of the satellite from the center of mass of the Moon and P is the orbital period of the satellite.
Is the moon more massive than the earth?
No. The earth's mass is equal to about 82 times the moon's mass. (Moon's mass is equal to about 1.2% of the earth's mass.)
What percentage of moon mass is earths mass?
Earth's moon is roughly 1.2% the mass of earth.
What is the mass of the Moon compared to the mass of the Earth in fractions?
The mass of the moon is about 1/80 that of Earth.
Which weighs more the moon or Pluto?
In terms of mass - not weight - the Moon has more mass than Pluto.The Moon has a mass of 7.3477 x 1022 kgPluto has a mass of 1.305 × 1022 kg or about 0.178 that of the Moon
Why do you think that the Earth having a greater mass would determine that the Moon orbits the Earth?
Since the Earth is so much larger, it has a greater gravitational pull. The moon orbits the Earth because of this pull.
