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An artificial satellite of the Earth releases a bomb. Neglectingair resistance, the bomb will never strike Earth

Why never striking earth? can you explain deeply? why it willcontinue to orbit and never actually fall to earth?

An astronaut in an orbiting space-craft feels weightless becauseshe has the same acceleration as the space-craft why both in freefall?

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An artificial satellite of the Earth releases a bomb Neglecting air resistance the bomb will never strike Earth because It will continue to orbit and never actually fall on the earth it will remain in orbit with the satellite once something is in orbit it requires energy eg a rocket to leave orbit and return to earth At the current speed there is no RELATIVE force The bomb stays in the same orbit as its satellite If you take energy from the bomb so it is slower than the satellite it goes into an elliptical orbit At    See Answer
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