The Science Fact of the Week

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An astronaut weighs less on the moon than he does on the earth, even though his mass stays the same. Mass is determined by the amount of matter that an object contains. Weight is determined by the force of gravity acting on an object's mass. Therefore, the terms mass and weight are not the same.

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