An astronaut inside a small space ship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity.

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asked Mar 3, 2018 in Physics by shabnam praween (19,050 points) 5 6 75

An astronaut inside a small space ship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity. If the space station orbiting around the earth has a large size, can he hope to detect gravity?

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answered Mar 3, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 22
selected Mar 3, 2018 by shabnam praween
 
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Yes

If the size of the space station is large enough, then the astronaut will detect the change in Earth’s gravity (g).

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