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You are explaining to friends why an astronaut feels weightless orbiting in the space shuttle, and they respond that they thought gravity was just a lot weaker up there.Convince them that it isn't so by calculating how much weaker (in %) gravity is 500 km above the Earth's surface.

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Answer:

the gravity is 98% lower than earth