eli5: As earth rotates, why are we not able to travel to different places just by hovering above the ground? lol
In: Physics
The earth’s rotation is already moving you in the direction of rotation so when you’re hovering, you’re not standing still. You can think of it as you are moving diagonally forward with the earth as you’re hovering. Now it’s faster to travel to a location against the rotation of earth than to travel with the rotation the same amount of distance. That’s probably what you’re thinking of.
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