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The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1.6 m/s2 and on earth it is 9.80 m/s2 if the weight of a moon rock is 125n what is its weight on earth

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At 6400 km above the earth’s surface, an object weighing 71 N on the surface would weigh only 18 N. Acceleration due to gravity will be about ¼ that on the surface of the earth.
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