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Can an object take off from A, do not move (in the air) but land at a different place? [closed]
Can an object take off at a point A on the surface of the Earth and then land after some time only to land at a different place where it initially took off (because in the mean time the Earth has ...
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Air flight and Earth's rotation
I read a response asking why flights of equal distance east and west take roughly the same time (disregarding wind actions). I have trouble visualizing part of the answer; "the speed of the rotation ...
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Faster alternative to travel to any location in the west? [closed]
Suppose one needs to travel to Somalia from Indonesia(which are approximately at a distance of $4000$ miles from each other on the line of equator). To accomplish this task, I suggest the following ...
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Does Earth get gravity due to it's spinning? [duplicate]
Consider my example below.
Example: 1. A man standing on grass(point) on earth surface.
2. He jumped.
3. And returned back, and he could find the same grass(point) under his foots. Right?
If earth is ...
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Since Earth spins, would an aircraft travelling opposite to direction of Earth spin take less time? [duplicate]
Suppose we want to reach the point on earth which in relative terms is exactly on the opposite end of the sphere we call earth (I know it is not an exact sphere).
We either dig vertically downwards, ...
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Earth's direction in space [closed]
After watching videos about the rotation of the planets being helical and not heliocentric, I wondered, as Earth travels through space, which part of Earth is the forefront?
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The Earth is spinning, so why don't we jump and land on a different location?
I know there are similar questions on StackExchange but I think it is different and detailed.
The earth is spinning 465 meters/second so why don't we jump and land on a different location?
I googled ...
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Revolution of Earth [duplicate]
If all motion is relative, how do we know that the Earth revolves around the sun?
Or we are just making the above statement from the frame of reference in which Sun is at the origin?
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Moon and the moving train
While travelling by train (travelling West to East), it seems the moon is moving in opposite direction when seen from the window, but then it reverses its direction, after a certain amount of time and ...
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How fast is Earth moving through the universe?
As the galaxy is moving and the solar system orbiting the galaxy and the Earth orbiting the sun. So how fast is each object moving and what is the fastest we move at?
Do we even know how fast the ...
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