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Weight and gravityRunning
Orbital ring. Surface gravity at 10.12 m/s². Weight displayed 506 N, Martian weight 185 N. Currently weight displayed is over by 321 N.TUNINGr10.12 M/S²FIELD STRENGTH 506 N
t = 0.0s

Weight displayed

506N

Martian weight

185N

10.12 m/s²

Orbital ring. Surface gravity at 10.12 m/s². Weight displayed 506 N, Martian weight 185 N. Currently weight displayed is over by 321 N.

What has to balanceW=mgW = mg

What is happening

You arrive at a science museum exhibit that weighs visitors on other worlds.

Visitors are reading the wrong weight off the Mars pad. The display is set for a 50 kg visitor and must read 185 N, and the gravity constant loaded into the exhibit is wrong.