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Why is the weight of an object on the moon 1/6th  its weight on the earth?

Answer:

The weight of an object depends on the value of acceleration due to gravity g. The value of g on earth is 6 times more than that of moon because, the mass and radius of the earth is more than the mass and radius of the moon. We have,  and W = mg   Weight of a body of mass m on earth is     Weight of a body of mass m on moon is or As mass of moon is   times the mass of earth Mg and radius of moon  is  times the radius of earth