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A person in an artificial satellite of earth feels weightlessness. But a person on the moon has weight eventhough moon is also a satellite . Why ?

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In the satellite the centripetal force is provided by the weight of the person. [Through artificial gravity he can feel weight]. In moon the person feels weight due to the attraction of moon.
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