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How would a rope around Earth fall? [duplicate]
I have searched and saw a similar question but i dont know if it's exactly the same.
If I had a rope around earth, let's say a few meters above (and supposing a flat surface, and suddenly dropped it ...
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Is the Moon in a "Freefall" Around the Earth? [duplicate]
The force of gravity keeps our Moon in orbit around Earth. Is it correct to say that the Moon is in “free fall” around Earth? Why or why not?
I think the answer is yes. The moon is falling towards ...
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Is it really okay to treat the Earth as stationary when doing free fall experiments?
Typical treatments of free-fall experiments treat the the Earth as fixed. Using this model, object being dropped moves toward Earth, but the Earth doesn't move toward the object.
A more detailed ...
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