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Why does an object on the moon weigh less than it does on earth even though its mass does not change?
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∙ 12y ago
Your mass is a measure of how much matter you're made up out of. That does not change if you go to the moon (or elsewhere).
Your weight is the product of your mass AND the mass of the planet (body) you're standing on ---- divided by the distance between the two ---
and the moon masses much less than the Earth.
Another way of putting this is your weight is your mass multiplied by the gravitational pull, so
Weight = Mass x Gravitational Pull
Now, considering that the gravity of an object depends on its mass, and as said before, the Earth's mass is far greater than the moon's, the gravitation pull of the Earth (Equal to roughly 9.8 N/kg) is greater than that of the moon (Roughly 1.6 N/kg) So say someone's mass is 80kg, their weight (on Earth would be)
Weight = 80 x 9.8
This means their weight is 784 Newtons on Earth, where as on the moon their would weigh
Weight = 80 x 1.6
And they would weigh 128N.
Hope this helps.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 12y agoit is because the moon has less mass than the Earth and therefore has a lower gravitational pull. so objects are not pulled down to the moon as strongly they are on earth which makes them weigh less on the moon.
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∙ 13y agoWeight is the Force between two objects. The gravitational force is directly proportional to the product of the two masses (the Moon has less mass than the Earth), and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects.
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∙ 12y agoits more heaver because the world has more stuff on it than the moon
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