MHT CET Physics question
What are the reasons due to which the astronauts do not feel weight inside the satellite: (i) There is no reaction of the floor on him (ii) The reaction of the floor balance the weight (iii) Gravitational pull due to earth provides the centripetal force (iv) Gravitational pull is balanced by centrifugal
Answer: (B)
Solution
Statement (ii) is false because the floor exerts no reaction in free fall, so (a) and (d) are wrong; the earth's pull acts as the centripetal force (iii) and, in the satellite's
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