At the moment of a total eclipse, the moon lies along a line from the Earth to the Sun. If your normal weight is 600 N, how much is your weight decreased by the combined pull of the Sun and Moon?
MSun = 2.0 × 1030 kg,rS-E = 1.5 × 108 kmMMoon = 7.4 × 1022 kg,rM-E = 3.8 × 105 km

What will be an ideal response?


0.37 N

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