If the earth is moving at 66,600 mph, then the moon would have to be falling around the earth at 67,600 mph, to obit in front of it.
Whenever you put the globe and pseudo science under scrutiny, it falls down faster than a one legged roofer!
#flatearth always wins! ALWAYS!
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the moon would have to be falling around the earth at 67,600 mph, to obit in front of it.
So if I'm in an airplane which is flying at ca. 290 mph, and I want to walk from the back of the plane to the front, I have to run at least, say, 293 mph to get there. Right?
I'm sure the numbers in question are probably wrong, but the basic gist is correct. To which I have to say, so what?
@Checkmate Yes, you would indeed be moving at 293 mph because that's how physics work. However I'm sure that if you tried to explain this to them they'd just plug their ears and claim that it's all lies.
@quinky
No, the strongest gravitational force acting on the moon is the one produced by the Earth. The region of gravitational dominance of an object is called a Hill sphere, the moon is well within Earth's Hill sphere (this also means the Sun has less influence on the Moon than the Earth does). This also means the Moon's orbit around Earth is perturbed by the Sun, not vice versa.
Because the earth and our atmosphere and the sun and the moon and the other planets AND ALL OF US are zipping through space, you wouldn't even notice, in the same way that you don't really notice your motion when you take a plane, except when it speeds up or slows down. The only speed that matters is speed relative to the other nearby objects . You have a real talent for not seeing the forest for the trees.
You must mean pseudo science like inertial reference frame, conservation of angular momentum, and similar nonsense by those wacky physicist types, huh?
In the words of the YouTuber Desertphile:
(which could be used in response to a lot of crap flat-earthers say...)
Gravity, you fucking retard, gravity!
Look, physics and math are hard, I know. But you can't just throw in the towel and shout, "Yay! I win!" because that's not fooling anyone.
Confused?
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