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How much more do you weight at the north pole then at the equator?

A 72.0 kg man weighs himself at the north pole and at the equator. It is said that you will weigh more at the north pole. How much more will you weight at the north pole then at the equator? human intuition will say the same weight but according to physics its wrong....ignore the ice..its the direction of the normal and weight that matters

Public Comments

1. depends on how much ice is built up on you
2. Should be the same, the Earth's gravitational pull is a constant, it doesn't vary in one place or another.
3. you would weight the same amount. the gravitational pull of the earth does not change with the location.
4. Since you are probably comparing weight at sea level over open ocean with similar crust and mantle to make all things otherwise equal, you will weigh a bit more at the pole, since the earth is an oblate spheroid, and the distance to the center is less at the pole. http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=310 (Other answerings should research before they post!)