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minus-squareSupremeDonut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoSo would there be turning involved still orrrrr?
minus-squareatx_aquarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoYou’re constantly, gradually turning downward, technically.
minus-squarex0x7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoActually not turning would be falling. You are constantly being turned upward.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoNo. Similarly, if you look at how planes fly, they fly in what looks like arcs, going north and then back south. On a mercator projection in looks longer, but it is the shortest straight (ignoring the curve of the earth) line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance
So would there be turning involved still orrrrr?
You’re constantly, gradually turning downward, technically.
Actually not turning would be falling. You are constantly being turned upward.
what
no, that’s a straight line
No. Similarly, if you look at how planes fly, they fly in what looks like arcs, going north and then back south. On a mercator projection in looks longer, but it is the shortest straight (ignoring the curve of the earth) line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance