Question

Why do astronauts weigh less on the moon than on earth

Answer 1

Explanation: The moon of the Earth is much lighter in mass than the planet itself. In addition to being smaller than Earth, the Moon is also only approximately 60% as dense. A human weighs less on the Moon because there is less gravitational attraction there than there is on Earth.

Answer 2

Moon has lesser mass as conpared to earth, therefore gravitational force exerted by moon on any object is lesser than that of gravitational force exerted by earth on the same object, hence we can say that astronauts weight less on moon, i.e approximately 1/6 th of their weight on earth.