objects in orbital stations don`t suffer earth gravity,but the station itself does?
how come this?pls explain...
sorry don`t know which is the best answer,all seem good
how come this?pls explain...
sorry don`t know which is the best answer,all seem good
Mez
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The force of gravity on both the orbital station and the contents are balanced by the centrifugal force of rotational motion. It is exactly the same reason that objects of different mass fall at the same rate in Earth's gravitational field. That is exactly what an orbit is, the object falling towards the Earth, but because the Earth is spherical, the curvature means that it gets no closer to the Earth, but just keeps "falling".
Andrew Smith
Everything is affected by the earths gravity but as the station and the contents are equally affected there is no relative movement.
To make matters even more interesting because both the station and the contents are orbiiting around the earth the force of gravity is used in maintaining the orbit. Neither the station nor the contents get any closer to the earth despite the gravity.
Which in turn means that IF you could put them on a set of scales that has the other end on the surface of the earth, neither would show any weight.
Colin
You do feel gravity, but everything is accelerating at the same speed so it appears that you do not?
It is like when you jump in an elevator you seem to jump higher because the floor is accelerating away not because gravity has a lesser effect on you
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i heard you ought to so i went out on the prescribed time. and there it became, a spectacular dot relatively hauling tail from the west to the east...it made it like 3/4 of how around the sky and then disappeared..i assume the attitude of the sunlight or shadow of the earth blockading it out.