i know the answer
if several people get it correct i will chose the one eith most votes/out of random/first one
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ps.if you put earth on some huge scales how much would it read
2006-10-06 10:11:53 · 19 answers · asked by danderton1 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
edit 1 answer so far is spot on i will release the true number in 1 day from now
2006-10-06 10:35:39 · update #1
1 PERSON HAS GOT CORRECT WELL DONE YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET IN THERE NOW
2006-10-06 10:36:45 · update #2
Jens Gundlach and Stephen Merkowitz from the University of Washington have found that the Earth weighs in at 5.972 sextillion (5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000) metric tons. Wow!!!
2006-10-06 10:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any scientist knows that you cannot 'weight' the earth as weight is a measure of force, by Newtons second law of motion (F=ma or W = mg). so putting the earth on some giant scales is the same as putting some scales on the earth (i.e. turning your bathroom scales upside down).
we can however measure the earth in terms of its mass, and its mass is 5.972 * 10^24 Kg.
you can convert this into tons to get 5.972 * 10^21 metric tons
2006-10-06 10:29:54 · answer #2 · answered by vish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to Jens Gundach and Stephen Merkowitz from University of Washington have found that the Earth weighs 5.972 sextillion (5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000 metric tons.) but ubder the current textbook's estimate, it is 5.98 sextillion metric tons which could make all the difference in nailing down the gravitational constant or Big G
2006-10-06 10:29:26 · answer #3 · answered by yeday 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5.972 sextillion tonnes - that is 5,972 followed by 18 zeros. This new weight is about 10 billion, billion tonnes less than the best previous estimates.
That is how much i weighed it at yesterday... It may have lost a few pounds since then ;)
2006-10-06 10:18:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put the earth on scale would mean going in to space and that would mean it would weigh very little but I think it would weigh more than me, which would be quite an achievement!
2006-10-06 10:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by Jasmine H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't "weigh" earth because weight is mass relative to the earth's gravity , which pulls towards its center. therefore, to weigh the earthe these "giant scales" would have to be at the very center of the earth in which case the weight would be infinite. Ta Da!
2006-10-06 10:51:27 · answer #6 · answered by bigmacdaddy68 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 followed by 21 noughts
2006-10-06 10:35:03 · answer #7 · answered by KAREN B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on your stand point, the Earth is 0 tons (as space everything weighs nothing)
or 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6E+24) kilograms. or 6 trillion tons
2006-10-06 10:21:15 · answer #8 · answered by DAVID B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
planet Earth weighs 6.5e2 tons
2006-10-06 10:18:21 · answer #9 · answered by Karen J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im going to say 5,972 sextillion metric tons.
2006-10-06 10:17:00 · answer #10 · answered by BWLJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋