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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Afaik you would feel the initial change in velocity, but that’s all you feel.. it maybe a tug, or maybe a lasting tug, or maybe nothing at all, small acceleration changes can be unnoticed even if measurable if its gradual enough.
It’s probably similar to the feeling of being in a lift. Where you are feel a tug of acceleration before it reaches a steady speed. If the elevator is like roller coaster where the acceleration changes depending on the turns, up and down, you probably feel the tug each time the acceleration changes. And if the roller coaster turns into a plane taking off or a bullet train, you’d feel the tug far longer.
So the answer would be dependent on how gradual is the acceleration?
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