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The object's mass is the same wherever it is. Mass doesn't change. What changes is the object's weight.
The weight depends on what other mass happens to be nearby.
When you know the object's weight on earth, multiply that by 0.1633 to find its weight on the moon.
If you don't need it that close, it might be easier to just divide the earth weight by 6.
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Why is the mass of an object the same on the moon as it is on earth but the objects weight is diffrent?
Because the force of gravity exerting on objects on the moon is much lower than that of the earth.
Why will a person's mass never change whether they are on earth or on the moon?
Because mass is not the same as weight. Weight is mass times gravity so your weight will change if you are on the earth or moon but your mass will stay the same.
Why is the mass of an object the same on the moon as it is on earth but the objects weight is different?
That is because Earth has more gravity. Weight = mass x gravity.
How does the mass of an object on earth compare with the mass of the same object on the moon?
there is no change in the mass of body
Why can an objects weight vary with location but its mass cannot?
Mass is an inherent property of an object and it does not change. Most commonly, we weigh objects on the earth. An object's weight depends on the attraction by gravity to another object. The formula for weight on the earth is weight = (a constant) x (mass of object) x (mass of earth)/(d-squared) where d = distance between center of mass of object and center of mass of earth d-squared is the distance d, raised to the second power. A person weighs slightly less on the top of a mountain than they weigh at sea level. Because moon's mass is only about one-sixth the mass of the earth, the weight of a man on the moon is about 1/6 of his weight on the earth.
