Table of Contents
- 1 How much would an astronaut in his spacesuit weight on the Moon?
- 2 Why do astronauts have a different weight on the Moon compared to their weight on Earth?
- 3 How much is 80kg on the moon?
- 4 Why Astronauts weigh less on the Moon?
- 5 How much would a 100 kg astronaut weigh on the moon?
- 6 How do you calculate the mass of the Moon?
- 7 What is the gravitational force of the Moon’s gravity?
How much would an astronaut in his spacesuit weight on the Moon?
The Apollo spacesuit with the life support backpack also weighed 180 pounds. That gives a combined weight of 360 pounds on Earth. On the moon, the astronaut and his suit would weigh only about 60 pounds.
What is the mass of the astronaut and his space suit on the Moon in kilograms?
Mass does not change, so the suited astronaut’s mass on both Earth and the Moon is 150kg. 150 kg.
Why do astronauts have a different weight on the Moon compared to their weight on Earth?
Objects on the Moon weigh less than they do on the Earth because the gravitational field strength is much less. On the Moon, astronauts can jump higher and leap farther than on Earth. For a given gravitational field strength, the greater the mass of the object, the greater its weight.
What is the mass of a 70 kg astronaut on the Moon?
Hence the weight of the man on the moon will be $114.1$ Newtons which is the actual unit of weight of the man. Now the mass of the man will be constant irrespective of whether he is on the Earth or on the moon since mass is an intrinsic property of matter. Hence the mass of man on Earth and the moon will be 70 kg.
How much is 80kg on the moon?
The moon’s surface gravity is 0.17 that of Earth (table 9-1), so 80 kg weighs 133 n on the moon.
What is 100 kg on the moon?
Your weight on the Moon is 16.5\% what you would experience on Earth. In other words, if you weighed 100 kg on Earth, you would weigh a mere 16.5 kg on the Moon. For you imperial folks, imagine you tipped the scales at 200 pounds. Your weight on the Moon would only be 33 pounds.
Why Astronauts weigh less on the Moon?
Density is a measure of how much mass is concentrated in a given space. Sir Isaac Newton discovered that as an object’s mass increases, the gravitational attraction of that object increases. Thus, the gravitational attraction on the Moon is much less than it is here on Earth, and a person weighs less on the Moon.
What is the weight of a 80 kg astronaut on the Moon?
133 n
The moon’s surface gravity is 0.17 that of Earth (table 9-1), so 80 kg weighs 133 n on the moon.
How much would a 100 kg astronaut weigh on the moon?
Your weight on the Moon is 16.5\% what you would experience on Earth. In other words, if you weighed 100 kg on Earth, you would weigh a mere 16.5 kg on the Moon.
What is the weight of an astronaut on the Moon?
The weight of an astronaut plus his space suit on the Moon is only 250 N. How much do they weigh on Earth? What is the mass on the Moon? On Earth? For the moon the value of the acceleration due to gravity is and for earth the value is .
How do you calculate the mass of the Moon?
Return to the moon situation because we have some known values there we can use to calculate mass. So the weight divided by g, and we can divide both sides of this equation by gm and switch the sides around. You get the mass, 250 newtons divided by 1.67 newtons per kilogram, is 150 kilograms on earth and on the moon.
How much does the Earth weigh?
You get the mass, 250 newtons divided by 1.67 newtons per kilogram, is 150 kilograms on earth and on the moon. So the weight on earth will be that mass which I’ve written with more significant figures here in order to — well, it’s not more significant figures, it’s more digits.
What is the gravitational force of the Moon’s gravity?
We have to look up the gravitational field strength of the moon and it’s 1.67 newtons per kilogram. Often you’ll see these units written as meters per second squared which is also totally fine, but newtons per kilogram is another way to write it and it’d be a good exercise if you wanted to verify that that’s true.