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Gravitation — Physics STD 11 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 SciencePhysicsGravitation2 Marks
Question
An astronaut, by mistake, drops his food packet from an artificial satellite orbiting around the Earth. Will it reach the surface of Earth? Why?
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Answer

The food packet will not fall on the Earth. As the satellite as well as astronaut were in a state of weightlessness, hence the food packet, when dropped by mistake, will also start moving with the same velocity as that of satellite and will continue to move along with the satellite in the same orbit.

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