An astronaut has a weight of 500 N on the Earth. They then travel to a new planet which has twice the mass of the Earth and twice the radius of the Earth. The weight of the astronaut on this new planet would be a. 500 N ь. 2000 N O c. 250 N d. 125 N O e. 1000 N

An astronaut has a weight of 500 N on the Earth. They then travel to a new planet which has twice the mass of the Earth and twice the radius of the Earth. The weight of the astronaut on this new planet would be a. 500 N ь. 2000 N O c. 250 N d. 125 N O e. 1000 N

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An astronaut has a weight of 500 N on the Earth. They then travel to a new planet which has twice the mass of the Earth and twice the radius of the Earth. The weight of the
astronaut on this new planet would be
a. 500 N
b. 2000 N
с. 250 N
O d. 125 N
O e. 1000 N

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