The gravitational acceleration on the moon is about one-sixth the size of the gravitational acceleration on Earth. According to Newton’s second law of motion, what happens to an astronaut who goes to the moon?

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sghersi sghersi · Answer 1 · 2017-09-08T02:17:12+02:00

His weight decreases because the moon’s gravitational acceleration is less.

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aristocles aristocles · Answer 2 · 2019-07-22T03:49:42+02:00

Answer:

the astronaut will experience his weight 1/6 times smaller than the weigh near the surface of earth

Explanation:

As per Newton's II law we know that net force on an object is given by the product of mass and acceleration

so here we have

[tex]F_{net} = ma[/tex]

now we know that acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the moon is 1/6 times the acceleration near the surface of earth

so we will have

[tex]a = \frac{g}{6}[/tex]

now the force near the surface of moon on an astronaut is given as

[tex]F = m\frac{g}{6}[/tex]

so the astronaut will experience his weight 1/6 times smaller than the weigh near the surface of earth