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Compared to its mass on Earth, the mass of a 60-kg object on the moon is

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Compared to its mass on Earth, the mass of any object on the moon is precisely identical to its mass on Earth, since mass doesn't depend on where the object is, or on anything else in the environment outside the object.

Its WEIGHT, however, on the moon is only about 16% of its weight on Earth.

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