Understand The Difference Between Gravity And Moons

One of the many questions people wonder is, why gravity differs on different planets and moons. In order to understand the answer of this question, one must know what gravity is. Gravity is the force of nature that attracts one body towards the center of the Earth, or any other physical body that has any kind of mass. Gravity is also in charge of the interactions that occur between particles and collections of matter, like the stars and the planets. Gravity depends on two different things, the masses of the two objects involved and the distance in between them. Gravity is stronger when matter that has a larger mass; therefore, when a person steps on the moon they feel weightless, this is because the moon has a lot less mass resulting in less gravity. (Brewter)
Before understanding how gravity acts, one must understand the difference between weight and mass. Weight and mass are two completely different things. The mass of a body is a measure of the amount of matter it contains. If you have an object, it takes a push to get it moving, but after that, it wants to stay in motion. Mass is the measure of how much inertia acts on a certain object with mass. Weight on the other hand is completely different. It is the amount of attraction between a person and any planet
Gravity varies with latitude. A person weighs .5% more when they are closer to the North and South poles, compared to standing by the equator. The earth is not completely rounded and is actually more of a “squashed” sphere; therefore, this causes the radiuses of the equator and the poles to be slightly different. The gravitational acceleration is 9.78 m/s2 at the equator and 9.83 m/s2 at the north and south poles (Masters, 2002). These different gravitational accelerations is also known as centripetal acceleration, and it has a minute change on different locations on the