An astronaut inside a small spaceship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity. If the space station orbiting around the earth has a large size, can he hope to detect gravity?
Inside a small spaceship orbitting around the earth, the value of acceleration due to gravity g, can be considered as constant and hence astronaut feels weightlessness. <br> In the space station orbitting around the earth has a large size, such that variation inmatters in the case astronaut inside the speceship will experience gravitational force and hence can detect gravity e.g., On the moon, due to larger size gravity can be detected.
