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Where would I weigh less? The top of Mount Everest, which is further from the Earth but has less centripetal force acting on you to make you lighter, or the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, which is very close to the equator, but also closer to Earth?

by /u/GameDesignerMan in /r/askscience

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