ocr: Why does the Moon have lower gravity than the Earth? The greater a body's mass is, the greater its gravitational pull on nearby objects. Your weight is the gravitational pull that the Earth exerts on your body. The Moon has a mass which is less than a fiftieth of the Earth's. Asa consequence, the force of gravity on the Moon is much smaller as well. Astronauts were able to walk on the surface in their heavy, cumbersome space suits on the Moon's surface because they weighedless than a fifth of what they would on Earth. The Moon's low gravity also made landing on the Moon an easier task for the ...
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