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ajhedges
· 6 years ago
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· 6 years ago
If you're biking down the road in a vacuum and you dropped a ball, would the ball slow down before it hits the ground
sir_spiderman
· 6 years ago
No. There would be no still air making it lose energy, so it would continue at the same speed except going downwards due to gravity.
ajhedges
· 6 years ago
The ball would continue accelerating at 9.8m/s^2 until it hits the ground
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funkmasterrex
· 6 years ago
9.8m/s^2 on Earth*... and even then it also depends on where on Earth you are, gravity at the equator is slightly different from the poles and it's also different from the top of Everest vs Sea level. Either way, yeah, it would accelerate, even if there was air in it's way.
ajhedges
· 6 years ago
So handy that the post says on Earth...
funkmasterrex
· 6 years ago
even on Earth it varies though, Not by much, but it does vary, that's all I'm saying.
geekoverlord
· 6 years ago
I need you are help..nice
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· 6 years ago
The one time they use you're and they use it wrong
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· 6 years ago
If you had enough fuel, yeah
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guest
· 6 years ago
I had this argument with a pilot, his contention is that the wind currents generated from the spinning globe negate any “distance” travelled by remaining at a fixed point in space.
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sir_spiderman
· 6 years ago
It's not wind current, but it is a way of understanding it. If you're in a car then you are moving WITH the car at 60mph. Everything in the car is moving the same speed as the car, so it seems normal. It's the same with the Earth. You are moving around the Earth at the same speed you are rotating - even if you are in the air as all of the air is doing this as well.
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