Dear Tanay,
Under no circumstances, mass is a property of matter, weight is a force
Dear Tanay,
At ground level, if you put a 1 kg mass on a scale, and if the scale reads 1 kg, then at this altitude, weight is equivalent to mass. At any higher altitude, the scale will show less weight, but the mass will remain 1 kg. When in orbit about the Earth, the weight of the same mass will be 0 kg, but its mass will still be 1 kg.
In other words, mass is the amount of matter in a body, and weight is the pressure that this mass applies against any obstacle that prevents it from reaching the ground, and when on the ground, it applies a pressure equivalent to 1 kg against the ground.
Best Regards, André
Dear André,
If you do the same with that same mass on the moon for example, it will not mark the same.
The only way maybe be to do that on a planet that has a gravitational acceleration of 1 m/s^2
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