Some of you might have dressed up as astronauts for your school fancy dress competition. Was it easy for you to walk around in the costume? Surely not.
An astronaut has to carry equipment with necessary supplies like oxygen. Their space suits are usually very heavy, weighing more than 90 kilograms. But, they walk around quite easily. This is because of the Moon’s lower gravitational pull.
The Moon’s mass is 81 times smaller than the mass of the Earth. As a result, the force of gravity on the Moon is six times weaker than that on the surface of the Earth. A bag that would weigh six kilograms on Earth would weigh just one kilogram on the Moon. Astronauts feel lighter because of this reason and walk easily on the surface of the Moon.
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