• Question: how much does the earth weigh

    Asked by free45gas to John, Souvik on 22 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by item45gas.
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      Souvik Kundu answered on 22 Nov 2019:

      The weight of the earth is 5.972 × 10^24 kg. It is interesting to know how it is calculated. The mass of the Earth may be determined using Newton’s law of gravitation. It is given as the force (F), which is equal to the Gravitational constant multiplied by the mass of the planet and the mass of the object, divided by the square of the radius of the planet.

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