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    Your Weight On Different Planets

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    This document explores how a person's weight would change on different astronomical bodies due to variations in gravitational acceleration. It provides the gravitational acceleration on objects in our solar system and asks the reader to calculate how much a 110-pound person would weigh on each body. The calculations show that weight would range from over 100 pounds on Earth down to just 1/2 ounce on Deimos, one of Mars' moons.

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    This document explores how a person's weight would change on different astronomical bodies due to variations in gravitational acceleration. It provides the gravitational acceleration on objects in our solar system and asks the reader to calculate how much a 110-pound person would weigh on each body. The calculations show that weight would range from over 100 pounds on Earth down to just 1/2 ounce on Deimos, one of Mars' moons.

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    This document explores how a person's weight would change on different astronomical bodies due to variations in gravitational acceleration. It provides the gravitational acceleration on objects in our solar system and asks the reader to calculate how much a 110-pound person would weigh on each body. The calculations show that weight would range from over 100 pounds on Earth down to just 1/2 ounce on Deimos, one of Mars' moons.

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    This document explores how a person's weight would change on different astronomical bodies due to variations in gravitational acceleration. It provides the gravitational acceleration on objects in our solar system and asks the reader to calculate how much a 110-pound person would weigh on each body. The calculations show that weight would range from over 100 pounds on Earth down to just 1/2 ounce on Deimos, one of Mars' moons.

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    18

    Exploring Your Weight Across the Solar System



    One of the best ways to explore the
    effects of gravity on different bodies in the
    solar system is to calculate what your
    weight wound be if you were standing on
    their surfaces!

    Scientists use kilograms to indicate
    the mass of an object, and it is common for
    Americans to use pounds as a measure of
    weight. On Earth, the force that one
    kilogram of mass has on the bathroom
    scale is equal to 9.8 Newtons or a weight of
    2.2 pounds.
    The surface gravity of a planet or other body is what determines your weight by
    the simple formula W =Mg where W is the weight in Newtons, M is the mass in
    kilograms, and g is the acceleration of gravity at the surface in meters/sec2. For
    example, on Earth, g =9.8 m/sec, and for a person with a mass of 64 kg, the weight
    will be W =64 x 9.8 =627 Newtons. Since 9.8 Newtons equals 2.2 pounds, this
    person weighs 627 x (2.2/9.8) =140 pounds.

    Problem 1 - Using proportional math, complete the following table to estimate the
    weight of a 110-pound (50 kg) person on the various bodies that have solid surfaces.



    Object Location G (m/sec
    2
    ) Weight (pounds)
    Earth Planet 9.8 110
    Mercury Planet 3.7
    Mars Planet 3.7
    Io J upiter moon 1.8
    Moon Earth moon 1.6
    Titan Saturn moon 1.4
    Europa J upiter moon 1.3
    Pluto Planet 0.58
    Charon Pluto moon 0.28
    Vesta Asteroid 0.22
    Enceladus Saturn moon 0.11
    Miranda Uranus moon 0.08
    Deimos Mars moon 0.003

    Space Math http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

    18 Answer Key
    Problem 1 - Using proportional math, complete the following table to estimate the
    weight of a 110-pound (50 kg) person on the various bodies that have solid surfaces.




    Object Location G (m/sec
    2
    ) Weight (pounds)
    Earth Planet 9.8 110
    Mercury Planet 3.7 41.5
    Mars Planet 3.7 41.5
    Io J upiter moon 1.8 20.2
    Moon Earth moon 1.6 18.0
    Titan Saturn moon 1.4 15.7
    Europa J upiter moon 1.3 14.6
    Pluto Planet 0.58 6.5
    Charon Pluto moon 0.28 3.1
    Vesta Asteroid 0.22 2.5
    Enceladus Saturn moon 0.11 1.2
    Miranda Uranus moon 0.08 0.9
    Deimos Mars moon 0.003 0.03


    Note: For the Mars moon Deimos, which is a rocky body only 12 km (7.5 miles) in diameter,
    your weight would be 0.03 pounds or just ounce! Astronauts that visit this moon would not
    land on its surface but dock with the moon the way that they do with visits to the International
    Space Station!


    Space Math http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

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