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If an astronaut in an orbiting space shuttle wished to drop something to Earth, how could this be accomplished?
To explain: The procedure to accomplish the task of dropping an object to Earth.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
A satellite moves in a circular orbit around the Earth at constant speed is perpendicular to gravity but parallel to the Earth’s surface.
When astronaut’s shuttle space is moving closer to the Earth with approximately same velocity, then there are chances that if something is thrown from shuttle, it will fall on Earth. For this to happen, a object should be launched in backward direction with orbital speed. So, the tangential speed will be zero with respect to Earth and finally it will drop to Earth below.
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