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Why an astronaut in an orbiting space craft is not zero gravity although he is in weightlessness ?

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The astronaut is in the gravitational field of the earth and experiences gravity. However, the gravity is used in providing necessary centripetal force, so is in a state of free fall towards the earth.

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