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Mass is not affected by gravity. When you measure the mass of an object with a balance, you would get the same result under any gravitational conditions except for under micro- or zero gravity, in which case there would be insufficient force to move the balance to equilibrium. If you use a spring balance, you are not getting a true mass measurement, you are getting a weight measurement that is normalized to provide the mass at that particular gravitation.

In a micro- or zero gravity field, you can obtain the mass by measuring the vibration or oscillation of the object (pendulum action).

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