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Feeling of weightlessness in a satellite is due to

Explain the reason of weightlessness inside a satellite.

An astronaut experiences weightlessness in a space satellite It is because .

Statement-1:A personfeels weightlessness in an artificial satellite of the earth . A person on thhe moon (natural satellite) feels his weight. Statement-2: Artifical satellite is a freely falling body and on the moon surface. The weight is mainly due to Moon-s gravitational attraction.

As the earth rotates about its axis, a person living in his house at the equator goes in a circular orbit of radius equal to the radius of the earth. Why does he/she not feel weightless as a satellite passenger does?

Why do bodies become weightless in artificial satellites ?

Assertion : On satellites we feel weightlessness. Moon is also a satellite of earth. But we do not feel weightlessness on moon. Reason : Mass of moon is considerable.

The total energy of a satellite is

Height of geostationary satellite is

Assertion : It we double the circular radius of a satellite, then its potential energy, kinetic energy and total mechanical energy will become half. Reason : Orbital speed of a satellite. upsilon prop (1)/(sqrt(r ) where, r is its radius of orbit.