Question

Your mass on earth is 50 kg. Explain why your mass will decrease on moon.​

Answer 1

Answer:

A person weighing 50 kg here on earth will weigh lesser on moon (as everybody says), so 50 kg is not the mass, it is the weight. and mass should be 50/9.8 = 5 kg mass approximately . So, the weight of an object of mass 50 kg would be 500 N (taking g = 10 m/s) and on the moon would be 83.3 N (500 6).

Answer 2

Explanation:

A mass of 60kg on the Moon will still be 60Kg as mass is independent of gravity, but will 'weigh' about 60 x 1.3 = 78N. The Moon's gravity (its gravitational constant) is about 1/6th that of the Earth's.