174k views
0 votes
A wrestler weighs in for the first match on the moon. will the athlete weigh more or less on the moon than he does on Earth?

User Danyella
by
7.5k points

1 Answer

5 votes
The moon is 1/4 the size of Earth, so the moon's gravity is much less than the earth's gravity, 83.3% (or 5/6) less to be exact. Finally, "weight" is a measure of the gravitational pull between two objects. So of course you would weigh much less on the moon.
User Bengineer
by
8.8k points