Question

How is the weight of an object in a spaceship near the moon related to the distance that the spaceship is from the moon? A) There is is no gravity on the moon and therefore they are not related. B) As the distance to the moon decreases, the weight of the spaceship would increase. C) As the distance to the moon increases, the weight of the spaceship would increase. D) The gravitational pull of the moon is constant and therefore the weight would be a constant.

Answer 1

B is correct. Every object has gravity, the more mass the object has, the stronger the gravitational pull, so the ship being closer to the moon makes the weight increase.

Answer 2

Answer:

B) As the distance to the moon decreases, the weight of the spaceship would increase.

Explanation:

The weight of an object(w) is given as,

$w = m \times g$

where,

m = mass of the object

g = acceleration due to gravity

As the spaceship will move closer to the Moon, impact of its gravity on the spaceship will increase as gravitational force is inversely proportional to the distance between two objects. In turn the weight of the space ship will also increase.