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Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object. So basically it is what is inside something. Weight depends on gravity such as landing on the moon, your mass is the same no matter what, but since gravity is a lot weaker, you weigh less!

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Q: Why would your weight change if you landed on Mars?
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Why would weight and not mass change if landed on mars?

Because there is less gravity pushing down on you.


Why your weight but not your mass would change if you landed on mars?

Mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is a measure of the gravitational force on an object.


Explain why it is your weight and not your mass that would change if you landed on Mars?

Your weight would change, as weight is dependant upon the gravitational strength of the body that you are landing on. Your mass is essentially you as a whole it has an arbitrary value, so that weight can be calculated later on.


Have you ever land on Mars If so When?

No I have not landed on mars but I would like to go.


Would a person's height change on mars?

NOPE! only your weight changes!


Why is it that your weight and not your mass that would change if you land on Mars?

Your weight would change, as weight is dependant upon the gravitational strength of the body that you are landing on. Your mass is essentially you as a whole it has an arbitrary value, so that weight can be calculated later on.


When has a spacecraft ever landed on mars?

The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars during 2004


Has any spacecrafts landed on Mars?

Yes. Twelve spacecraft have landed on Mars.


Where is Mars rover landed?

On Mars...


What spacecraft landed on mars moons?

The Mariner spacecraft landed on the planet Mars, and the Apollo spacecraft landed on the moon.


What was the name of the spacecraft that landed on Mars in the 1970s?

The spacecraft that landed on Mars in the 1970s was the Viking 1 Lander. It was the first spacecraft to have landed on Mars on July 20, 1976.


What space shuttle landed on Mars?

There was no space shuttle that landed on mars but there were unmanned rockets that went to mars that sent probes