MHT CET Physics question
An object weights W newton on the earth. It is suspended from the lower end of a spring balance whose upper end is fixed to the ceiling of a space capsule in a stable orbit around the earth. The reading of the spring balance will be
Answer: (D)
Solution
Inside an orbiting capsule the object is in free fall (weightlessness), so it exerts no pull on the spring
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