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Anonymous Fri Dec 3 09:45:29 2010 No.2146896 [Reply] [Original]

How do you weigh a planet?

>>	sage sage Fri Dec 3 09:47:29 2010 No.2146900 Put it on scales.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 09:47:29 2010 No.2146901 measure gravitational forces

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 09:48:29 2010 No.2146904 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+%20+%20How+do+you+weigh+a+planet%3F

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 09:49:29 2010 No.2146906 Put a satellite in orbit around it Newtons version of kelpers third law

>>	fizixfag !yOO9L7sT1k Fri Dec 3 12:46:29 2010 No.2147370 Put it in a beaker. It will displace a volume of water corresponding to its mass

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 12:49:29 2010 No.2147377 >>2147370 /thread

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 12:53:29 2010 No.2147390 >>2147370 >...corresponding to its mass lol wut

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 3 12:59:29 2010 No.2147413 You don't measure its weight. You measure its mass. If you want weight, you just multiply that mass by the gravity of whatever body you want.