Comments by "Zudabaker" (@Vyrus36) on "Veritasium"
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Essentially because it is a mass in motion. So, since the earth rotates, and travels around the sun, and is a large mass, we're all constantly moving even when we are staying still.
Up as in out, as in outwards from the earths crust. Since the earth is not only a large mass, and it is in motion, it bends space time relative to it's momentum. At least that's what I think is being suggested.
Essentially, if the earth didn't have this momentum, it would either drift further away from the sun, and us along with it, or closer into the sun, and us along with it.
But because of it's orbit, it constantly has perfect momentum.
The sun builds incredible amounts of momentum, because it too is in orbit around the center of the galaxy.
Making each planet, similar to a satilite, in flux between free fall, and and escape velocity.
That is the force we are experiencing. Momentum. And we're just along for the ride. Same reason why sometimes stuff sticks to your windshield even though your driving fast but can whipe it off as soon as you get out of the car. We're essentially close enough to that distorted time space that we're along for the ride. Similar to being in a space ship.
Only a space ship doesn't have that amount of mass and doesn't generate enough momentum to have people traveling on the outside of it, but bits of dust yes. On the inside, you experience the momentum, just like you don't experience the momentum of being inside a car unless you're accelerating, but if you get hit by one. Oh boy.
Making each time you jump, an attempt to break from that momentum that earth has to distort space time in the way it does.
What would be interesting to see, if it is momentum itself that is at work or that and other things.
Like, if earth was not moving, at all. Would something still change it's course and run into it? And at what rate? How much does space time bend for mass alone?
Or would something running into it give it momentum, even the smallest amount, and that would cause it to warp space time?
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