At noon, the sun and the earth pull the objects on the earth's surface in opposite directions. At midnight, the sun and the earth pull these objects in same direction. Is the weight of an object as measured by a spring balance on the earth's surface , more at midnight as compared to its weight as noon?

Explanation

No, earth is a satellite of sun. Every body placed on earth is also the satellite of sun. Both the body and earth will have the same acceleration towards the sun. Hence, there will be no relative gravitational acceleration between the body and the earth. It means, a body placed on earth will not experience any gravitational effect due to sun. It will experience gravitational force of attraction due to the earth, which will be the weight of the body measured on the surface of earth, which will reamain same for all the `24` hours.