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Imagine you are an astronaut and you travel to a planet with a much larger mass than Earth. How would this affect your weight? Explain your answer.

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Answer: Your weight is increased.

Mass is the amount of matter that will always be the same everywhere. But weight is the force by an object that can be influenced by gravity. The gravity will increase in planet with more mass but will decrease if it has more radius/diameter.
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