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An astronaut 1500n on the moon. What will be his weight on Earth?

User Tom Cabanski
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Answer:

Gravitational field strength:

Moon is 1.6N/kg

Earth is 9.8N/kg or 10N/kg

Moon:

Weight = mass x gravitational field

1500N = m x 1.6N/kg

รท1.6 both sides

937.5 = m

Mass of astronaut is 937.5kg

(Your mass doesn't change, no matter where you go, in space)

Earth:

Weight = mass x gravitational field

= 937.5kg x 9.8 N/kg

= 9187.5N

Or

Weight = mass x gravitational field

= 937.5kg x 10 N/kg

= 9375N

Thus, the astronaut's weight will be 9187.5N or 9375N on Earth.

Hope this helps!

User Opi
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I'm pretty sure this poor guy could never have been accepted for astronaut training, much less a mission to the Moon.

He weighs something like 335 pounds when he's ON THE MOON !

If he has enough fuel, and survives a trip back to Earth, he'll weigh around 9,080 Newtons here. That's like 2,040 pounds ... durn close to a ton ! !

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