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by Rooster61 3510 days ago
> it's freefall in a gravity well

Bit of a nitpick, but this is true of any object in "space", at least on sub-galactic scales. If it wasn't in freefall around Earth, it would be in freefall around the Sun, and if not that, the Milky Way.

You are correct about the magnetic field and magnetosphere however.