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masha68 [24]
3 years ago
5

An astronaunt in a space capsule orbiting the earth experience weightlessness. why?

Physics
1 answer:
GaryK [48]3 years ago
3 0
Many students believe that orbiting astronauts<span> are </span>weightless<span> because they do not</span>experience<span> a force of gravity. ... While this is partly true, it does not explain their sense of </span>weightlessness<span>. The force of gravity acting upon an </span>astronaut<span> on the </span>space<span>station is certainly less than on </span>Earth's<span> surface.</span>
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