Practice mode Physics

What fraction of the Earth’s free-fall acceleration is the acceleration of free fall on the Moon?

Correct answer C. 1/6th

Explanation

The Moon's surface gravity is about 1.62 m/s², roughly one sixth of the Earth's 9.8 m/s², because of its much smaller mass.

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