STEAM at home, Planets

I'm still me... even if I go to Mars.. but what happens to my weight?

Our mass is constant they say.. it remains the same.. but the weight depends on mass and.. GRAVITY!

Have fun discovering your weight on the other PLANETS of the solar system! Go on a journey among the stars with all your friends! You can do this thanks to the beautiful INAF - Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory website.

A little of definitions on the fly:MASS: it is a number that represents "how much matter" is contained in a body, (intrinsic property of matter)WEIGHT: weight force is the force of attraction between two bodies with mass. Every force is the combination of mass times acceleration. We already know the mass. What is the acceleration?GRAVITY: it is the acceleration of a body free to move in a gravitational field, that of the Earth is 9.8 meters per second squared.

And on Mars? 3.7 meters/square second.

I tried it at the Explorium museum in Dublin here I am dealing with a mega scale!Weight of the Tata on Earth: approximately 58.2 kg [Weight=mass x acceleration](mass=5.94, gravity=9.8)Weight of the Tata on Mars: approximately 22 kg(mass is the same = 5.94, gravity changes is = 3.7)

Greetings from Nanny in all her...WEIGHT!