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On Earth, an astronaut weighs about 600 Newtons. The mass of the Earth is about 6 x 1024 kg, and the radius of the Earth is about 6.4 x 106 m.

Suppose the astronaut climbs a ladder to a height of one Earth radius above the Earth. What is the new weight of the astronaut?

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