Question

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

(a) fall vertically down to the earth 

(b) move towards the moon 

(c) will move along with the space ship 

(d) will move in an irregular way and then fall down to earth

Answer 1

(c) will move along with the space ship

When spoon is dropped gently, it's tangential speed is equal to the speed of spaceship, and so it revolves like a satellite.