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On the Moon, astronauts can “bounce” from location to location, but on Earth they cannot move in this way. What physical property changes based on the gravitational force of a planet or moon?
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On the Moon, astronauts can “bounce” from location to location, but on Earth they cannot move in this way. What physical property changes based on the gravitational force of a planet or moon?
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The physical property that changes is the astronauts “weight” because of the different gravitational force of the moon.
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