Question

How much does the earth weigh​

Answer 1

`5.972 × 10^24 kg`

Step-by-step explanation:

Earth weighs about 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds (or 5,974,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms). Since Earth is too big to be placed on a scale, scientists use mathematics and the laws of gravity to figure out Earth's weight.

Answer 2

The mass of earth is 5.9736×1024 kg.

Explanation:

Mass and weight are used as same in meaning but scientifically they are different from one another. Mass is defined as quantity of matter in a body. It is a scaler quantity. It doesn't change and remain the same, while weight is force acting towards the center of the earth. It is a vector quantity. It change with height. Mass of the earth is 5.9736×1024 kg while there is no weight of earth.