Guest

STATEMENT- 1 : An astronaut in an orbiting space station above the earth experiences weightlessness. because. STATEMENT – 2 : An object moving the earth under the influence of Earth’s gravitational forces is in a state of “free-fall”.

STATEMENT- 1 : An astronaut in an orbiting space station above the earth experiences weightlessness. because.
STATEMENT – 2 : An object moving the earth under the influence of Earth’s gravitational forces is in a state of “free-fall”.

Grade:6

1 Answers

Deepak Patra
askIITians Faculty 471 Points
10 years ago
(a) The normal force exerted by the astronaut on orbiting space station is zero (unit the astronaut exerts some muscular force). Therefore the apparent weight of astronaut in an orbiting space station is zero. Astronaut is called in a state of weightlessness. This is because astronaut as well as space-ship are freely falling bodies. Statement – 1 is true, statement – 2 is true and statement -2 is the correct explanation of statement -1.

Think You Can Provide A Better Answer ?

ASK QUESTION

Get your questions answered by the expert for free