I think better would be to include Earth’s orbit as “on earth”. This makes sense even if we expand our scope of operations to other planets
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jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoLet’s make some artificial rule like you need to be not on earth for 48 hours to be not on earth or something …
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The Moon is not on Earth.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The moon and earth are “on” a shared center of gravity. It just so happens to be inside to earth, so meh, we win.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can be at rest in your own reference frame without falling to earth?
dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
From your own reference frame, wouldn’t earth be falling to you? Because then this’d apply to everyone, always.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Can I define my reference frame any way I want? Because if so, yes. And also no