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a person sitting in the satellite feels weightlessness but a person standing on the moon has weight though the moon is also a satellite of the earth. why?

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Dear Student,
In artificial satellite there is no gravitation but on the surface of the moon gravity is present with its effect very little in amount.
That is why a person feels weightlessness due to the absence of gravity on the artificial satellite and have some weight on the surface of the moon.

weightlesseness is a phenomenon when the gravitational force is completely used up for providing centripetal acceleration


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