Why do we weigh less on the Moon if our mass is the same?
My teacher said mass doesn’t change but weight does. How?
Asked by physicsfan
1 answer
Mass is how much stuff you are made of. Weight is the pull of gravity on that stuff: W = m × g. The Moon’s g is about 1.6 N/kg instead of about 9.8 N/kg, so the pull is about 6 times smaller.
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