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What would be the difference in your weight if you were five times farther from the center of the earth than you are now or Ten times?
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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.
How do you know what is in the center of earth?
The center of the earth is the inner core.
What is the difference in mass between a nickel that weighs 4.8g and a nickel that weighs 4.8673g?
The difference in mass is (4.8673 - 4.8) = 0.0673 gram . The difference in weight, on Earth, is something like 0.00066 newton.
Why are mass and weight the same everywhere on earth?
They are not the same, because they are completely different concepts. They are more or less proportional - a mass of one kilogram will have a weight of approximately 9.8 Newton - because the gravity is more or less the same on different parts of the Earth: whether you are at the North Pole, or the Equator, the distance from the center of the Earth won't change much.
Weight of earth in scientific notation?
The concept of the weight of the earth makes no sense. The weight of an object on earth is the force of the earth's gravity acting on that object's mass. The earth's gravity does not exert a force on itself. The earth does not have a weight in the context of the sun because it is in free-fall in its orbit around the sun. The mass of the earth is 5.97*1024 kilograms.
What happens to your weight as you get farther from the center of earth?
Your weight decreases as you move farther from the center of the Earth. This is due to the decrease in gravitational force acting on you at greater distances from the Earth's center.
As you get farther away from the center of the earth your weight will increase or decrease?
As you move away from the center of the Earth, your weight will decrease. This is because weight is the force of gravity acting on an object, and gravity weakens with increasing distance from the center of the Earth.
Why is your weight less on mountains?
Technically, your mass is the same, however, since weight is the force of the attraction of gravity, your weight will be less as you move farther from the center of the Earth.
Where in the world has a gravitational pull that makes you weight different?
At the top of a high mountain, or in an airplane at high altitude, you are farther from the center of the earth,and your weight is less.
What happens to the weight of an object when it moves farther away from the centre of the earth?
The weight of an object decreases as it moves farther away from the center of the earth due to the inverse square law of gravity. This means that the gravitational force acting on the object weakens as the distance increases.
As you get farther away from the earth what will happen to your weight?
It will steadily decrease as you move farther from the Earth's center of gravity. Eventually one's "Earth weight" can reach zero when the gravity of another body, such as the Moon or Sun, completely counteracts it. *In orbit, or freefall, measured weight is zero. In outer space, objects are always in "microgravity" having imperceptible weight, unless they approach close to another large body.
What is the weight of the body at the center of the earth?
In theory, at the center of the Earth you would have no weight.
What happens to the acceleration due to gravity as you move farther away from the center of the earth?
The acceleration due to gravity decreases as you move farther away from the center of the Earth. This is because gravity weakens with distance according to the inverse-square law.
What is weight of earth?
AS WE KNOW, that there is the force of gravity at the center of Earth, if every part or portion of earth has its weight then net weight of the earth will be zero........
How does the weight of a body vary with its position on earth?
The weight of a body varies with its position on Earth due to changes in gravitational pull. Weight is a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object, so as the distance between the object and Earth's center changes (e.g., moving closer/farther from the center), the weight of the object will also change. This is why weight can vary slightly depending on the location on Earth (e.g., different altitudes or latitudes).
Can you feel gravity on top of a mountain?
Your weight is the result of the force of gravity. Without gravity you would be weightless and would float away. This does not happen on the top of mountains. Because you are farther from the center of the Earth, your weight is slightly less on top of a mountain, but compared to the diameter of the Earth, mountains are quite small, and the difference in weight is very slight, and would not even be noticed. So yes, you feel gravity on top of a mountain.
What is weight of the body at the center of the earth?
Zero
