An astronaut orbiting the earth in a circular orbit 120 km above the surface of earth, gently drops a spoon out of space-ship. The spoon will

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Fall vertically down to the earth

Move towards the moon

Will move along with space-ship

Will move in an irregular way then fall down to earth

answer is C.

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The velocity of the spoon will be equal to the orbital velocity when dropped out of the space-ship.

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