Im having a hard time understanding why we feel acceleration. If a rogue planet crossed our solar sistem close enough to pull us away from the sun, accelerating us until we are expeled into the cosmos, would we feel this acceleration from the surface of the earth?
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I would think, depending on the size of the change, we would feel it for a brief moment and then nothing. As mentioned by others, it’s more that everything at relatively the same speed. Imagine driving in a car. You don’t really feel the car moving forward after you stop accelerating, but you do notice any changes in direction or speed. But as long as the velocity goes back to zero, your ability to recognize the change vanishes.
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