Why does an object weigh more in vaccum and then in air?

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A human body has roughly neutral buoyancy in water. The density ofairis about 1/1000 that of water about 1gram per litre. So if the personweighsW kilos inair, then in avacuumdeprived of that buoyancy, he'llweighW gramsmore.

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