Why don't we feel the centrifugal force of Earth's revolution around the sun?

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Since velocity is a vector (has both direction and magnitude) going at constant speed in a circle means you are always changing the direction, hence the velocity. So it is accelerating.

I’m not a flat earther, but the intuition contradicts the math. If we went by intuition we would wonder what holds the atmosphere together.

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Magnetism? Gravity? What does hold in our atmosphere?

This is over my head.

What is your point? Like what are we getting at?

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That your mistake was assuming I am a flat earther because I asked this question.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That’s fine.

But what are we getting at?