2006-09-21 21:58:33 · 22 answers · asked by Boots Almighty 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No because stones like killograms is a measure of mass and not weight as wrongly perceived by most. The weight should be corectly measured in Newtons, the force that acts on your body due to the gravity of the Earth or the plantet you are walking on ;).
Therefore if your mass is 5 stones and you are moving with velocity 5miles per hour and you hit a wall you will experience the same pain and injuries no matter if you are in 0 gravity or earth.
2006-09-21 22:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by Sporadic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are correct that your weight will be 0, however weight is measured in Newtons as it is a force.
You will WEIGH 0 Newtons as there is no gravitational force acting upon you.
stones is an imperial measurement for what is now the SI (Systemé International) unit of Kilograms (Kg). It is the measurement of mass, which proports to how much matter is in your body. It remains constant throughout all gravity situations (You will be the same Mass wether you are standing on the Earth or the Moon).
2006-09-22 05:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Since a stone is a unit of weight and not a unit of mass, you will indeed weigh 0 stone in 0 gravity.
2006-09-22 02:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uuuuuurrrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh
You have to be really careful with your wording for this sort fo thing. It's important to know the difference between mass and weight.
Mass is the amount of matter you have. This can be measured in kg or stone (they're the normal units). Your mass is constant wherever you are (well it changes depending on whether you're wearing heavy or light clothes, just ate dinner etc. but moving from here to the moon won't change your mass).
Weight is a force, and is normally measured in N (newtons). Force is equal to mass * acceleration. Therefore if you have 60kg of mass, and you are in the gravitational (i.e. acceleration) field of Earth (which is 9.81m/s/s) then your weight is 60*9.81=589N.
So to summarise: you will still have a MASS of 60kg (or whatever) wherever you go, but if you are somewhere where there is no gravity there will be no force acting on you, and therefore your WEIGHT will be zero.
2006-09-22 01:39:28 · answer #4 · answered by Steve-Bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. 'Weight' is a measure of the amount of force pulling you down in gravity, so you will have zero weight.
BUT... you will still have the same mass - if you weigh 12 stone on earth, then your mass will still be 12 stone. This is because mass is a measure of the amount of stuff you are made up of. Your mass will only change if you chop of a leg, or go on a diet.
2006-09-21 22:03:50 · answer #5 · answered by robcraine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - as you will have no mass. with out gravity all things way the same. 0!
2006-09-21 22:01:38 · answer #6 · answered by griff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u r in 0 gravity i think u shud not weigh ne thing because weight is due to gravityonly and there is another problem!!how will u stand on a weighing machine to weigh urself if there is no gravity??
2006-09-21 22:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by bookwormanu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Your mass will remain the same, but your weight is a product of gravity times mass.
So you can be massive and weightless at the same time.
2006-09-21 22:08:32 · answer #8 · answered by paul B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without gravity you are without weight but you still have to deal with mass. In other words, the Laws of Motion are modified but not repealed.
2006-09-21 22:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Draken 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight is merely the effect of gravity on matter.
Your mass will stay the same, your weight will be zero.
2006-09-24 04:55:54 · answer #10 · answered by Caroline H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋