Comment on xkcd #3084: Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoNot relative to the sun, relative to momentum. Changes in the magnitude or direction of velocity are objective, not relative. These translate to real changes in momentum, from any reference frame. A real change in momentum is imparted upon the Earth equal to your momentum at the moment your contact with the Earth ceases.