i simply can not understand how. if you were to stand on a train and jump, you would end up in the same place you were when you jumped. similarly, how do flies fly on a train??

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i simply can not understand how. if you were to stand on a train and jump, you would end up in the same place you were when you jumped. similarly, how do flies fly on a train??

In: Physics

Answer 1

Try jumping, right now. Up and down. You’re not on a train, but … you are on the planet Earth. It’s moving around the Sun at about 67,000 mph. And the Sun … it’s moving around the galaxy at around 460,000 mph.

Nothing is actually “perfectly still” anywhere, things just *seem* still because you’re moving right along with them.