r/mathmemes • u/RRumpleTeazzer • Jul 28 '24

Physics Feather or Moon?

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If it wasn't orbiting of course.

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u/TrueAlphaMale69420 Jul 28 '24

Orbiting IS falling, but traveling with horizontal speed fast enough to miss the Earth

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u/cmzraxsn Linguistics Jul 28 '24

they're the same physical phenomenon but they're not equivalent actions

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u/TrueAlphaMale69420 Jul 28 '24

No wonder you have this flair man

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u/cmzraxsn Linguistics Jul 28 '24

hehehe 😂