How To Calculate Your
Weight In Space
This is how to calculate your weight in
space:
On the moon: multiply 14/85 by
your weight.
On Mercury: multiply 32/85 by your
weight.
On Venus: multiply 77/85 by your
weight.
On Earth: multipky 85/85 by your
weight.
On Mars: multiply 32/85 by your
weight.
On Jupiter: multiply 247/85 by your
weight.
On Saturn: multiply 90/85 by your
weight.
On Uranus: multiply 73/85 by your
weight.
On Neptune: multiply 97/85 by your
weight.
On Pluto: multiply 1.5/85 by your
weight.
Gravity
Gravity is actually a weak force, too weak
to make two bricks touch each other when they are already right next
to each other. Yet, it is the force that holds us on the earth, and
the force that holds the planets in orbit around the sun.
If two objects that are the same weight are
dropped (on earth), the length and width of an object matters. For
example, if you drop a wig and a piece of a paper, since the paper is
longer and wider, the paper will fall, after the wig does. Gravity
accelerates everything at 9.8 miles per second, in case you were
thinking that gravity was accelerating it faster. The reason is the
air holds the paper and wig up. Since the wig isn't as wide and long
as the piece of paper, less air pushes up against it and it falls
faster. Therefore, the length and width of an object matters in
gravity.
Warning! There will be a quiz at the end.
Be sure to have read all of this carefully before you go
on.
Want to ask a real expert about gravity in
space?
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