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Originally Posted by clint
How come an astronaut would still weigh about a third of what he weighs on Earth?
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Planet radius, or distance to all the mass for someone on the surface, affects weight, too, as does the distribution of the mass within the planet.
See Exploratorium: Your Weight on Other Worlds, and read an explanation.
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Last edited by 01101001; 07-July-2008 at 08:30 PM.
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