Question

As the earth rotates about its axis, a person livith his house at the equator goes in a circular orbit of radi; equal to the radius of the earth. Why does he/she 111 feel weightless as a satellite passenger does ?

Answer 1

Because the gravitational force sucking him to the ground is magnitudes larger than the centrifugal force counteracting it. Try to take a look at Centrifugal force to calculate the centrifugal acceleration on someone at the equato