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You weight 625 N on earth. What would you weight on Venus? Venus' mass is 4.88 x 10^24 kg and it has a radius of 6.07 x 10^6 m.

2007-10-27 09:54:06 · 1 answers · asked by ? 2 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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Gravitational force on object of mass m:

GMm/r² = mg

so

g = GM/r²

where
G=6.67*10^(-11) m³/kg-s² is the gravitational constant
M (kg) is mass of planet
r (m) is the radius of the planet
g (m/s²) is planet's acceleration due to gravity

On earth, g=9.8 m/s² so person's mass is 625/9.8 kg

2007-10-27 13:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ron W 7 · 0 0

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