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Why miners feel less weight inside mine? ​
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Why miners feel less weight inside mine?
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in a mine shaft for example, the force of gravity lessens. Weight and gravitational pull continue to decrease as you get closer to the centre of the Earth. ... There's no gravitational pull and you'd be weightless".
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