Question

An astronaut has a mass of 60 kg
a) what is her weight here on Earth?
b) What is her weight on the Moon ?
c)What is her mass on the Moon ​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Weight = Fg = mg = (60 kg)*(9.8 m/s2) = 588 N.

b) Given that gravity on the Moon has approximately 1/6th of the strength of gravity on Earth, a man who weighs 60kg on Earth would weigh approximately 10kg on the Moon.

c) she weighs 600N on earth but only 100n on the moon