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← ScienceFor an astronaut inside an accelerating rocket which consequence arises from Einstein's equivalence principle?
A)Gravitational effects become indistinguishable from acceleration✓
B)Time dilation effects cancel inertial forces
C)Rocket velocity approaches the speed of light
D)Spacetime curvature ceases near the rocket
💡 Explanation
The equivalence principle asserts that gravitational and inertial forces are indistinguishable; therefore, an accelerating rocket feels identical effects to a gravitational field, because acceleration is locally equivalent to gravity rather than impacting time dilation or spacetime directly.
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