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The gravitational force acting on you when you stand on the moon is about 1/6 as strong as when you're standing on the earth. So let's say ... just for an example because I don't know you ... let's just say for a moment that you weigh 180 pounds. If you carry your bathroom scale with you next time you go to the moon, and then once you've landed, you set up the scale inside your landing module and climb on it, you'll read about 30 pounds. (You have to do this before you get out of the landing module, because before you can get out, you have to put on your space suit, and then the weighing would get complicated.)
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Would the force of of gravity on ganymede be more or less than the gravity on the moon?
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What is the most gravity force that creates tides?
The moon is the major source of tides on the Earth, followed by the Sun.
How does the force of gravity from the earth affect the moon?
Gravity makes the Moon remain in orbit around Earth.
Would your weight change if you moved from the earth to the moon?
Your MASS (kg) is always the same not matter what the force of gravity. Your WEIGHT (N) however is different as the gravity of whatever planet has an effect on each atom making it heavier or lighter. To answer your question, only your weght would be lighter on the moon.
Is the gravitational force of earth and moon the same?
No, essentially mass = gravity the earths mass is roughly 81 * that of the moon, if you stood at the same distance from both, the force on you from the earth would be 81 * that of the moon.
Which force gives you weight?
The force of gravity. The gravity on the moon is less than on earth, and if you weighed yourself on the moon, you would weigh less.
Would the force of of gravity on ganymede be more or less than the gravity on the moon?
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What is the centripetal force holding the moon into Earth?
The force that holds the moon in place is gravity. Without gravity, there wouldn't be a moon.
What is it when there is no net force of gravity?
When there is no net force of gravity, all the opposing forces of gravity cancel out. For example, most of the way to the moon, the gravity pulling from the moon would cancel out the gravity from the Earth. At that point, there would be no net force of gravity. KEEP IN MIND, that this is something very different from the weightless feeling you get when falling. When falling, gravity still affects you (hence you accelerate downwards). If there is no net force of gravity, gravity will not affect you at all.
Does the weight of something change depending on where it is?
Yes, because if you are 90 pounds on earth you would be 15 pounds on the moon. This is because weight is the force of gravity acting on an object, and the force of gravity depends on the mass of the object. The force of gravity on the earth is six times greater than that of the moon, or, the force of gravity on the moon is 1/6 that of the earth. On earth, a person's weight would vary slightly between sea level and the top of a mountain. This is because the force of gravity is stronger the closer an object is to the center of the earth (or moon, or planet).
What is the force on the Moon's surface compared to the force of gravity on earths surface?
The moon's gravity is about 1/6th of the earth's.
Why that the moon has no gravitational force?
The moon does have gravity. It has 1/6 the gravity of earth.
An object has a mass of 180 kg on the moon What is the force of gravity acting on theobject on the moon?
To find the force of gravity that is acting on the moon you have to take the mass of the object and multiply it by the moon's gravity. It would be 180 kg times 1.63 m/s squared. Which equals 293.4 Newtons.
What is the most gravity force that creates tides?
The moon is the major source of tides on the Earth, followed by the Sun.
Is Weight is the force of gravity on an object?
Yes, weight is the force of gravity on an object. Which is why you would weigh less on the Moon. An object on the Moon will weigh only 16.6% of what they weigh on the Earth.
What force would pull two spheres together?
They are being pulled by the force of gravity
What attractive force keeps the moon in orbit around earth?
Gravity is what keeps them in attraction. The force of Gravity is determined by the mass and distance between two or more objects. The other force that keeps the moon in orbit is the moon's inertia. Without inertia the moon would simply fall into Earth; because of Gravity, the same would happen with the planets and the sun.
