MadSci Network: Physics
Query:

Re: If Light has MASS, how much does 1 Photon weigh ?

Date: Wed Jun 10 10:26:27 1998
Posted By: Pauline Barmby, grad student, Harvard University Astronomy Dept.
Area of science: Physics
ID: 896877829.Ph
Message:

Light does not have mass; this topic has been covered in quite a few Mad Scientist questions already. See

or do a MadSci search on 'photon mass'.

You don't weigh more on a sunny day because your weight is the force that the Earth exerts on you due to gravity. This doesn't change with the weather (even though we may talk about the air feeling 'heavy'!)


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