• Question: Hello, could you tell me what is the weight of the moon?

    Asked by jatomba19 to Ceri, Marikka, Matt, Rob, Sally on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Sally Cutler

      Sally Cutler answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi – afraid this question is not particularly well suited to the antibiotic zone. Why not try one of the others? Good luck.

    • Photo: Robert Hampson

      Robert Hampson answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Weight is caused by gravity. Here on Earth, I weigh say 2000Newtons, however, in Space, I am weightless. So, in a way, the moon doesn’t weigh anything…

      Mass is a property which everything possesses independent of gravity. I may have a mass of 200kg, I would still have a mass of 200kg in space. The mass of the moon is 73400000000000000000000kg according to Google. This is the same as 265170689315900000 Airbus A380s (the really big new planes).

    • Photo: Ceri Dare

      Ceri Dare answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I have no idea, but an Internet search shows lots of websites discussing this. If you like this sort of question, you may enjoy this website: https://what-if.xkcd.com/

    • Photo: Marikka Beecroft

      Marikka Beecroft answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      I think that would be better asked in one of the other zones! try the Space zone for example? I only say this as we are only biologist and I would hate to give and answer that could be wrong!

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