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hamiltonjamar309:

Imagine you are an astronaut and you travel to a planet with a much larger mass than Earth. How would this affect your weight? Explain your answer.

Vocaloid:

Weight is proportional to a planet's gravitational field. A planet's gravitational field is proportional to its mass. Therefore, if a planet has a much larger mass than Earth, it will also have a larger gravitational field, and thus, the astronauts weight will be higher than it is on Earth.

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