th its weight on the earth? [NCERT]
Answer:
We
know that the weight of an object on the earth is the force with which the earth
attracts the object. Similarly, the weight of an object on the moon is the force
with which the moon attracts that object. The weight of an object,
W =mg
where
acceleration due to gravity, 
M is the mass and R is the radius of earth/moon.
The value ofg
on moon is 
of the value of g on
earth, i.e., 
As mass of
object (m) is same everywhere, that is why, the weight of an object on the moon
is its weight on the earth.
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