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How can astronomers tell how much objects in space weigh?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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Weight is due to gravitational forces between two objects. A single object in

space without another one reasonably nearby, or even in gravitational free-fall

toward another object, is weightless. So you can not weigh an object in space.

Determining the mass of objects in space is another matter.

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