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Flat earth thought (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I heard something new that realy makes you wander. If the earth is rotating as they say than how airplanes can go in straight line? If earth is moving under them they should land way off the desired destinacion.. 😮 They are not connected to the earth so rotacion shouldnt apply to them, it applyes only to cars and runing animals but not on airplains and bierds.. Also when you jump from baloon that is wery high up, you shouldnt fall straight down, if the earth is rotating it should move under you and you could newer fall on the same spot that you jumped over.. 🫢

I cant beleave this newer came to my mind for entire life.. 😵

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait a second, if earth is taking 24h to rotate full circle it means it moves a lot in 5 minuts its not negligible. We can do math how much it should move in meters. So lets do that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

The thing you're jumping from is moving. The air masses are moving. The earth is moving. The falling object is moving. There are several factors at play here. If you were still relative to the earth at the moment you jumped from, say a hot air balloon and the fall took you 5 minutes and you were just falling straight down then you'd miss the target by around 150 kilometers.