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Would you weigh more at the center of the earth?
A: Yes! Your weight would decrease as you moved towards the center of the earth. Only the part of the Earth that’s closer to the center than you are contributes to your weight.
Do you weigh more in different parts of the world?
Yes, you weigh less on the equator than at the North or South Pole, but the difference is small. Note that your body itself does not change. Your weight is the combination of all the large-scale, long-term forces on your body. While the earth’s gravity is by far the strongest large-scale force, it is not the only one.
Why do you weigh more on a mountain?
A. You would weigh very slightly more at sea level than at the top of a mountain, not enough for you to notice, but a measurable amount. Weight, which really means gravitational force, is proportional to the product of the masses of two objects acting on each other, in this case the giant earth and the minuscule you.
Where would you weigh the most on Earth or on the moon?
Since the Moon is smaller than Earth, it has a weaker gravitational pull. In fact, the Moon only has 1/6 the gravity that Earth does. This means you weigh six times less on the Moon than you do on Earth!
What is the weight of a body at the Centre of earth?
zero
Thus, weight is zero where the acceleration due to gravity is zero. Hence, the weight of the body placed at the center of the earth is zero.
What is the weight of a body at the Centre of the earth?
Do you weigh more higher up?
Yes, weight drops as you go up in altitude (because of diminishing gravity), though your mass remains the same.
Do you weigh more on Mount Everest?
According to some quick Wolfram Alpha calculations, the difference in gravity per the equation above means that the gravity at the top of Mount Everest is 99.72\% as strong as the gravity at sea level. Thus, if something weighed 1000 lbs at sea level, it would weigh only 997.2 pounds at the top of Mount Everest.
Would you weigh more on a mountain?
Climb a mountain, the thinner air, you might gain an ounce due to loss of air buoyancy and that more than makes up for any small changes in gravity, so if you measure gravity by a scale and a weight, things weigh more on top of a mountain, because of thinner air, even though the G force is slightly lower.
How do you find your weight on the moon?
Calculating Your Weight on the Moon Multiply your weight by the moon’s gravity relative to earth’s, which is 0.165. Solve the equation. In the example, you would obtain the product 22.28 lbs. So a person weighing 135 pounds on Earth would weigh just over 22 pounds on the moon.