The Moon has mass and radius

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Problem

The Moon has mass 7.35×1022 kg7.35\times10^{22}\,\text{kg} and radius 1.74×106 m1.74\times10^{6}\,\text{m}. Calculate the weight of an astronaut of mass 70 kg70\,\text{kg} when standing on the Moon. Take G=6.67×10−11 N m2kg−2G = 6.67\times10^{-11}\,\text{N m}^2\text{kg}^{-2}.

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