An astronaut inside a small spaceship orbiting

Question:

An astronaut inside a small spaceship orbiting around the earth cannot detect gravity. If the space station orbiting around the earth has a large size, can he hope to detect gravity?

Solution:

When the size of the space station orbiting around the earth is large, the astronaut will experience variation and this is because of acceleration due to gravity.

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