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on earth you weigh 105 pounds and on the sun you weigh 2800 pounds explain to me how this can be

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1. Because 'weight' is not the same thing as mass. Mass depends on how much stuff you have (and stays the same no matter where you are) and weight depends on the gravitational constant where you are standing. Higher gravity (more massive body) and you'll weigh more.
2. well, i guess the sun's gravity pulls you harder than Earth does
3. weight is a measurement of the effect gravity has on your body. on the sun, gravity is much higher, and therefore there is a greater pull (2800 pounds of force compaired with a mear 105 pounds of force on earth) that is pulling you towards the center.
   
   again, if you didn't understand that, google it.
4. Assuming you can survive the sun's surface temperature, The gravity on the sun is so much greater than the earth's that you would weigh as much as if you weighed 2800 lbs on earth.
5. the force of gravity. since the sun is bigger, the gravitional pull or force is strong, and the earth is smaller so the gravitional pull is weaker than the sun. this is why on the moon, the gravitional pull is weaker and thats why this say you are weightless on the moon. depends on the size of the planet
6. assuming that you can stand the sun's some 15 million degree celcius surface temperature, gravity is defined as a force that pulls everything towards the earth or in this case the sun. the gravitational force on the sun is way stronger than it is on the earth so therefore you would "weigh" more (always assuming that the gravity did not crush you)