A ball is dropped from a spacecraft revolving around the earth at a height of 120 km. What will happen to the ball?
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: Since no external torque is applied therefore, according to law of conservation of angular
momentum, the ball will continue to move with the same angular velocity along the original orbit of the spacecraft.
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