Equivalence Principle/Examples
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Examples of Equivalence Principle
Spaceship
Consider a spaceship $\SS$ far out in space, under the influence of no gravitational fields.
Everything in $\SS$ would be weightless.
Let a uniform acceleration be applied to $\SS$, corresponding to Acceleration Due to Gravity on the surface of Earth.
Then everything within $\SS$ would behave as though $\SS$ were stationary on the surface of Earth.