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∙ 14y agoThe 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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∙ 14y agoBecause the force of gravity exerting on objects on the moon is much lower than that of the earth.
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.
That is because Earth has more gravity. Weight = mass x gravity.
there is no change in the mass of body
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.
Yes. Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object and remains constant regardless of the location. Weight, on the other hand, is the force of gravity acting on an object and can differ depending on the gravitational strength of the location.
because the moon's mass is about one-sixth that of the Earth
The volume of the Moon is 2% compared to the Earth. You would need 81 objects with the mass of the Moon to match the mass of the Earth.
Because the force of gravity exerting on objects on the moon is much lower than that of the earth.
The mass is 16kg on both the Earth and on the Moon. Mass does not change due to gravitational forces.
To calculate the position of the common center of mass of the Earth-Moon system, you need to consider the masses and distances of both Earth and Moon. Use the formula: distance from Earth's center to the common center of mass = (mass of Moon * distance from Earth to Moon) / (mass of Earth + mass of Moon). Repeat the calculation for the distance from Moon's center to the common center of mass. The common center of mass will lie along the line connecting the two calculated points.
Yes. Gravity on Earth is caused by the mass of the Earth, not by the Moon.
This is a trick question. Objects weigh less on the moon than they do on the Earth, however, objects have exactly the same amount of mass on the moon as they do on the Earth. So the 4 kg stone still has 4 kg of mass on the moon. But it only weighs about 2/3 of a kg on the moon.
All objects generate gravity according to their mass, so does the moon. The moon's mass is only about 1/80 as much as the Earth's mass.
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.
The mass of a person remains the same regardless of location, so a person with a mass of 60kg on Earth will also have a mass of 60kg on the Moon. However, their weight would be different due to the Moon's weaker gravitational pull.
Gravity on the moon is generated by the mass of the moon itself. The moon's gravitational force is weaker than Earth's due to its smaller size and lower mass. This is why objects weigh less on the moon compared to Earth.