Space: Who Knew, #21

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Weight in Space

This is a fun little tool to calculate how much you would weigh on the other planets in our solar system. Because the mass of each object directly affects the gravitational pull the object possesses, you'll find your weight fluctuates quite greatly.

http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Weight/weight.html

I get a kick out of the sun's value. Talk about ouchie. Though, they leave out the moon in the link above, so to figure that out, multiply your weight by .1655

25 pounds??? Now that's what I call Slimfast!

Another great link on gravity can be found here:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/snot/if_the_earths_a_big_ball_why_dont_we_fall_off_the_bottom_of_it.aspx

Who knew???