eli5: I’ve heard orbit described as continuously falling past or missing the Earth, how then do objects in geosynchronous orbit above a single point not fall out of the sky?

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eli5: I’ve heard orbit described as continuously falling past or missing the Earth, how then do objects in geosynchronous orbit above a single point not fall out of the sky?

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The orbiting object is moving at high speed, but at a very high altitude so that as the Earth rotates (once every 24 hours) the object is always over the same spot. Everything is moving, but from the ground it seems to hold still.