Physics Interview Question:

When gravity is the only force acting on an object the object is in what?

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One answer is that it is in free-fall in a vacuum (to eliminate atmospheric drag).

Another answer is that it is in orbit around another body.

The object could be in inter-stellar space, essentially experiencing the balanced gravitational force of "everything".

If you eliminate the "middle of space" solution, the object would have to be in a state of acceleration.
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