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An object has a mass of 120 kg on the moon. What is the force of gravity acting on the object on the moon?

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The Correct answer to this question for Penn Foster Students is: 196 N

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The object has a mass of 120 kg everywhere.

-- It weighs about 1,176 Newtons (264.6 pounds) when it's on the Earth.

-- It weighs about 195 Newtons (43.8 pounds) when it's on the moon.

-- When it's in a space-ship coasting from the Earth to the Moon, it still
has 120 kg of mass, but when you try to weigh it, it floats off of the scale.


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