Remember the moon always faces the earth the same way, does
this effect your answer?
2006-12-16 07:31:42 · 15 answers · asked by B_G_PECK 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Of course one weighs the same but stepping on a scale would be 6 times lighter.
2006-12-16 07:36:00 · answer #1 · answered by xphxpd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight is determined by mass under the influence of gravity. Since the moon's gravitational field is one sixth of the Earth's Gravitational field, a persons weight is one sixth on the moon. The fact that the moon faces the Earth the same way has nothing to do with the force of the moon's gravitational field.
2006-12-16 10:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person's weight is how heavy they are due to the gravitational pull of the object they're on (in this case the object is earth). Their mass, the amount of matter in an object stays the same wherever you are, but your weight changes with different gravitational pulls. the moon, having a weaker gravitational pull than the earth, allows people, usually astronauts, to weigh less on the moon. Also...it kinda has nothing to do with how the moon faces the earth in the same way, I'm sorry to report. That's all, folks.
2006-12-16 08:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by I 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We weigh because of gravity on earth. Say you weigh 120 pounds. The moon's gravity is only 1/6th as strong as earth's gravity. So you would weigh 1/6th of your weight on the moon. The 120 pound person weighs 120/6 pounds, or 20 pounds. Thats why you see the astronauts jumping so high and slowly, because they weigh less so they can jump higher. The way the moon faces the earth has nothing to do with it.Hope that helps!
2006-12-16 07:37:32 · answer #4 · answered by aaylasecura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weight is determined with the help of mass lower than the effect of gravity. because the moon's gravitational field is one sixth of the Earth's Gravitational field, a persons' weight is one sixth on the moon. the actual incontrovertible truth that the moon faces the Earth the same way has not some thing to do with the pressure of the moon's gravitational field.
2016-11-30 20:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The mass will be the same, but weight is an effect of the local gravity, which is only a sixth as much on the moon as on the earth.
2006-12-16 07:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you would weigh less because weight is a measure that has to do with the pull of gravity, so on the moon you would less(Less gravity), but your mass would stay the same because mass is the amount of matter your made up of.
2006-12-16 07:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by Charlie219 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1:6 on the moon
2006-12-16 07:33:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Weight is the effect of gravity on an object and less gravity on the moon means your weight would but less. Howver mass would be the same.
2006-12-16 07:47:47 · answer #9 · answered by abby00uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No due to a lesser force of gravity holding your body mass to the moon your weight would be less (by at least 60%)
2006-12-16 07:34:50 · answer #10 · answered by Alien Samurai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋