Gravity

Complete this table

  gravitational field strength (N/kg) weight of a 1kg bag of sugar (N) weight of a 100kg astronaut (N)
on Earth      
on the Moon      
on Mars      

what is "big G"?

In 1797 Henry Cavendish designed an experiment to find an accurate value for G.

People said at the time that he was weighing the Earth. What did they mean?