An astronaut is orbiting Earth in a spaceship

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Problem

An astronaut is orbiting Earth in a spaceship. Why does the astronaut experience weightlessness? (A) The astronaut is outside the gravitational field of Earth. (B) The acceleration of the astronaut is the same as the acceleration of the spaceship. (C) The spaceship is travelling at a high speed tangentially to the orbit. (D) The gravitational field is zero at that point.

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