A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the earth at a he – McqOptions

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1.	A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the earth at a height of 120km. What will happen to the ball?
A.	It will go very far in the space
B.	It will move with the same speed tangentially to the spacecraft
C.	It will fall down to the earth gradually
D.	It will continue to move with the same speed along the original orbit of the spacecraft
Answer» E.

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