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Why do astronauts weigh less on the moon than on the Earth

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The moon of the Earth is much lighter in mass than the planet itself. In addition to being smaller than Earth, the Moon is also only about 60% as dense. A person weighs less on the Moon because there is less gravitational attraction there than there is on Earth.

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An astronaut, or really, anyone, would weigh less on the moon than on Earth because weight is defined as the product of mass X gravity

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