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If there is gravitational force in the space then why the astronaut in the space feel weightlessness?pl explain me.

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Weightlessness is experienced by astronauts in the orbits around the earth because the gravitational force of attraction of the earth is cancelled by the force (centrifugal force) that appears because of the circular motion of the astronaut around the earth.

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