What is the weight of a 100 kg astronaut on the surface of the Earth (force of the Earth on the astronaut)? How about in low Earth orbit? This is an orbit about 300 km above the surface of the Earth.
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the weight of the astronaut on Earth is 100 x 10 = 1000 kg. Moon has a gravitation force of 1.6 N/kg, so if the mass is 100, it would be attracted towards the Earth 1.6 times faster than it's actual mass. Therefore, the weight of the astronaut on Earth is 100 x 1.6 = 160 kg
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