bees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoKinda fucked up tbhsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1938arrow-down115
arrow-up1923arrow-down1imageKinda fucked up tbhsh.itjust.worksbees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square94linkfedilink
minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoLet’s make some artificial rule like you need to be not on earth for 48 hours to be not on earth or something …
minus-squareMintyFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoCan be at rest in your own reference frame without falling to earth?
minus-squareDa Bald Eagul@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoFrom your own reference frame, wouldn’t earth be falling to you? Because then this’d apply to everyone, always.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoCan I define my reference frame any way I want? Because if so, yes. And also no
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoI think better would be to include Earth’s orbit as “on Earth”. This makes sense even if we expand our scope of operations to other planets
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe moon and earth are “on” a shared center of gravity. It just so happens to be inside to earth, so meh, we win.
Let’s make some artificial rule like you need to be not on earth for 48 hours to be not on earth or something …
Can be at rest in your own reference frame without falling to earth?
From your own reference frame, wouldn’t earth be falling to you? Because then this’d apply to everyone, always.
Can I define my reference frame any way I want? Because if so, yes. And also no
I think better would be to include Earth’s orbit as “on Earth”. This makes sense even if we expand our scope of operations to other planets
The Moon is not on Earth.
The moon and earth are “on” a shared center of gravity. It just so happens to be inside to earth, so meh, we win.