Question

An astronaut is floating happily outside her spaceship, which is orbiting the earth at a distance above the earth’s surface equal to 1 earth radius. the astronaut’s weight is

Answer 1

in the orbit, the weight of the astronaut is 0. That's why they feel weighlessness.

Answer 2

Zero

Step-by-step explanation:

An astronaut floating happily outside her spaceship simply means she is experiencing weightlessness because the earth's gravity no longer has influence on her and hence no gravitational pull. At this state her weight is zero. This can further be explained by the following illustration:

The astronaut mass is constant but the gravity is zero i.e

mass = constant

g (acceleration due to gravity) = 0

Weight =?

Weight = Mass x Acceleration due to gravity

W = M x g

W = M x 0

W = 0

Since her weight is zero, hence she will begin to float.