Why doesn’t it spin independently of me and I end up in another country or something? And if a spaceship watched earth from afar, at one point would it start spinning with earth and at what point can it observe the rotations of earth without being part of it?
In: Planetary Science
The helicopter and air were spinning with the earth before liftoff and continue to after liftoff.
Just like the helicopter and air were moving with the earth around the sun and don’t immediately “stay behind” when they “float” in the air.
The helicopter flying is not absolutely hovering free from all influences. It started its movement frame connected to the earth and lifting off doesn’t decouple it from that.
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