<p>Weight is a property of mass which you can experience only when on the solid surface of a gravitating body - but not when you are in free fall. Yet even in free fall you retain your mass. Weight is the force the mass exerts on a scale (in the presence of and proportional to the strenght of a gravity field which pushes the mass onto that scale - which requires that neither is in free fall).</p>
<p>Mass itself is the fundamental property of any particle itself - independent of how much other mass is in its vicinity, thus independent of external gravity field around.</p>
<p>See also the wikipedia article on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_versus_weight" rel="nofollow noreferrer">distinction of mass and weight</a>.</p>

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<p>Will the weight of gas measurement in space as well as in other planets of the Solar system be different as compared to gas measurement on Planet Earth?</p>

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Are you aware of the difference between weight and [mass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass) ?
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Weight of a gas measured in Space and other planets of Solar System
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# Weight of a gas measured in Space and other planets of Solar System

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Will the weight of gas measurement in space as well as in other planets of the Solar system be different as compared to gas measurement on Planet Earth?

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> **username_1**: Are you aware of the difference between weight and [mass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass) ?  
> **username_1**: Please use the editor properly to insert a link.   There is help provided in the editor.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-06-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Weight is a property of mass which you can experience only when on the solid surface of a gravitating body - but not when you are in free fall. Yet even in free fall you retain your mass. Weight is the force the mass exerts on a scale (in the presence of and proportional to the strenght of a gravity field which pushes the mass onto that scale - which requires that neither is in free fall).

Mass itself is the fundamental property of any particle itself - independent of how much other mass is in its vicinity, thus independent of external gravity field around.

See also the wikipedia article on the [distinction of mass and weight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_versus_weight).


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