Posted by John on December 31, 1999 at 19:43:37:
In Reply to: weigt of Hubble posted by Bad Girl on December 31, 1999 at 11:53:16:
> My prof of physics gave us the assignment to look up the weight of the Hubble telescope. He wiil probably ask it on the exam of physics in January. So if anyone can help me, let me know the weight of The Hubble.
> Thanks a lot!!
> Bad Girl
The weight of Hubble depends on its local acceleration due to gravity that it is subject to. In space Hubble is weightless, thus the weight would be 0 N. What you might want to know is Hubble's mass in kilograms which is independent of local gravity. This I don't know.