Many people mistakenly believe that the astronauts who orbit earth are "above gravity." earth's mass is 6*10^24 kg, and its radius is 6.38*10^6 m (6380 km). use the inverse-square law to find a height above earth's surface at that the force gravity on a shuffle is about 99% that at earth's surface.

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