Weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships is the result of:

Question

Weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships is the result of: (A) inertia (B) acceleration (C) zero gravity (D) centre of gravity

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A person feels weightlessness on a satellite. This is because the gravitational force exerted by the earth on the man is just equal to the necessary centripetal force there and the normal reaction between the foot of the man and the floor of the satellite becomes zero.

Q. Weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships is the result of:

inertia

acceleration

zero gravity

centre of gravity

A person feels weightlessness on a satellite. This is because the gravitational force exerted by the earth on the man is just equal to the necessary centripetal force there and the normal reaction between the foot of the man and the floor of the satellite becomes zero.