On which planet excluding Pluto would you weigh the least?

Answer 1

A person would weigh the least on Pluto, the most remote of the planets in the solar system (until recently). But Pluto, it seems, has been demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet. That makes Mercury, our solar neighbor that is closest to the sun, the planet on which one would weigh the least. The weight of a person varies as a function of the mass of the planet on which one is weighed, and Mercury is the smallest and least massive of the planets now that Pluto has been sent into relegation.

Answer 2

Solar systems do not create the weight felt. The mass of the body you are standing on creats weight. The proper question would be what planet would you weigh the least? In our solar system the answer would possibly be mercury as it is the smallest however it is mostly iron which is dense so gravity would have a stronger affect.

A:Pluto, currently classified as a dwarf planet, would have less gravity than Mercury.

Various moons, of course, would have a lower gravitational pull than the planets, although many are actually larger and more massive than Pluto. So, for example, our moon would have more gravity than Pluto.

Jupiter, however, has 63 moons, the smallest is barely 1 km in diameter designated S/2003 J12. However, smaller asteroids would would have even less gravitational pull.

When an object is in freefall, there really is no definition of weight. I.E. one is weightless. A stable orbit is a special case of freefall where one is always moving away from the planet and falling towards it... and again is weightless. So, since the international space station is in orbit, one would be weightless while inside.

Likewise, when on a moon, there would be little effect of the planet it is orbiting.

The Lagrangian points are at a somewhat unique place where all gravitational forces cancel out, and where one would also be weightless, but would not be moving, falling, or accelerating with respect to the system.

Answer 3

Your weight depends on the force of gravity on the planets surface, which varies depending on various factors relating to the planets size and mass.

With the force of gravity on the Earths surface as 1 g, all eight planets are as follows;

Mars = 0.376g

Mercury = 0.38g

Uranus = 0.886g

Venus = 0.904g

Earth = 1g

Neptune = 1.14g

Jupiter = 2.528g

..so to calculate your weight on Mercury, take your mass and multiply by 0.376.

Answer 4

Your weight is a function of the gravitational attraction of an object on your mass, so on which planet (excluding Pluto) would you weigh the least?

Answer 5

You would weigh the least on Mercury, due to its smaller mass and weaker gravitational pull compared to the other planets in our solar system.

Answer 6

Mercury or Mars.

Answer 7

Mercury or Mars.

Answer 8

Pluto