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Why do people in space float to a ceartain limit if there is no gravitational force then people should continue to fly or float upwardsBut this does not happens they keep on floating on a ceartain hei?
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∙ 16y ago
First it is a common misconception that things "float" in space. Actually everything in space is in a freefall, and when things freefall they appear to be weightless. There is no way to escape gravity, and anything that mass mass has gravity, even if you were a millin lightyears away Earths gravity would still affect you it would just be very very weak . Astronuts in the space shuttle "float" bcease they are so high up that they are falling around the Earth.
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What is the concept of a floating crust in gravitational balance?
Isostasy.
What is the name for the principle that brings floating crust into gravitational balanace?
Isostasy
What would happen if the earth lost it's gravitational pull holding the moon in place?
There won't be any gravitation on earth so then we will be floating in mid air.
Does meteors is planets or moons?
Meteors are pieces of either moons or planets that broke off and are freely floating around in place t'ill they get attracted by a planets gravitational pull.
What would happen to your corpse in space?
Your corpse would not deteriorate as there is no oxygen. It would just be out there forever, frozen, floating around until it entered the gravitational pull of some larger body.
What is the concept of a floating crust in gravitational balance?
Isostasy.
What forces are invovled in an object floating?
The gravitational force and the buoyant force.
What is the name for the principle that brings floating crust into gravitational balanace?
Isostasy
What is the concept that rocks of the crust and upper mantle are floating in gravitational balance?
isostasy
Why were Apollo Astronauts floating on the surface of the moon?
They were just moon walking. Due to decreased gravitational force it made it look like they were floating at times.
Which of the two forces are important in floating bodies?
water pressure which is effected by gravitational force and buoyancy
What causes rivers to run downhill?
The same gravitational force that keeps you from floating into space.
Why does the air not not float into space?
The gravitational attraction of the Earth keeps the atmosphere from floating off into space
Will there be hovering cars in the future?
If they can create a gravitational stabilizer, without that it wont stay in the air floating/hovering
A freely floating Astronaut pushes another freely floating astronaut in an artificial satellite What is the force applied by the 1st astronaut on the 2nd one?
The force applied would be zero as a freely floating astronaut feels weightlessness as the gravitational force acting on him is zero.
What will happen to space probes in the future?
Most of them will continue floating through space like asteroids until they either crash into something or get pulled into an atmosphere and burn up. They could also just continue floating through space forever.
Is it possible the buoyant force is able to act against the whole gravitational force?
Yes. That situation results in a phenomenon known as "floating".
