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Physics, 15.12.2021 21:30 KevinReed8292

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. If John Glenn weighed 640 N on Earth's surface,

a) how much would he
have weighed if his Mercury spacecraft had (hypothetically) remained
at twice the distance from the center of Earth?

b) Why is it said that an
astronaut is never truly "weightless?"

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