bees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agoKinda fucked up tbhsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1930arrow-down115
arrow-up1915arrow-down1external-linkKinda fucked up tbhsh.itjust.worksbees@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 days 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-up8·7 days agoCan be at rest in your own reference frame without falling to earth?
minus-squareDa Bald Eagul@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days 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-up2·6 days 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-27 days 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-up3·6 days 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.