Author Topic: More Physics/Space Questions (Read 849 times)

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2005, 05:54:15 PM »

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Originally posted by JB88
it is not the bullet that is moving, its your body travelling towards it.

A perfectly valid observation in constant velocity motion.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #16 on:** January 06, 2005, 06:30:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Terror

Texas is big, but not quite as big as the moon.

a bit smaller then alaska too

SLO · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2005, 09:35:46 PM »

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Originally posted by JB88
it is not the bullet that is moving, its your body travelling towards it. the bullet is simply slowed relative to the earths velocity.

depends on the observer...

JB88 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:35:18 AM »

WhiteHawk · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2005, 07:55:45 AM »

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Originally posted by JB88
a thought.

the earth is rotating at just over 1000 miles per hour. it is orbiting the sun at
about 67,000 miles per hour. the sun, with the earth in orbit is travelling at 486,000 miles per hour around the spiral arm of the milky way which is travelling at
appx. 1.34 million miles per hour by one estimation.

is it possible that a more interesting question is: how in the hell does it stay that close?

and why cant i feel my body moving at 1.34 million mph while spinning outrageously fast.

which you are. right now. this very second.

like a little whirlybird on crack.

Its all relative

Yeager · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:03:17 AM »

it is not the bullet that is moving, its your body travelling towards it.
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I choose to believe they meet in the middle.

JB73 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:13:05 AM »

there is no spoon

... err bullet

on topic, dont forget the suns gravitational forces on the moon, whenever there is a solar eclipse the moon is closer to the sun than the earth, hence the sun is pulling the moon towards it.

as far as the tide thing goes, the "bulge" i the earth actually makes the equator "longer" than if yoiu were to make a line through both the north and south poles.

take a ball, and squash it a bit, that's what the earth actually is doing (except it is a bit eliptical extending towards the moon.

AWMac · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:23:26 AM »

Notice how JB73 placed emphisis on the words "bulge" and "longer" then talked about the poles, then extending?

Freud would have fun with this guy.

SavedSaint · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:32:42 AM »

i always like the idea of the train.

If the train is traveling at the speed of light.. And the lights on.. Can you see it..

Does light leave the light bulb at all, or does it fall back.. or what..

TweetyBird · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:40:17 AM »

Well maybe all this talk of relativity will expose the heliocentric theory for the crock it is...

JB73 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2005, 11:57:57 AM »

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Originally posted by AWMac
Notice how JB73 placed emphisis on the words "bulge" and "longer" then talked about the poles, then extending?

Freud would have fun with this guy.

he'd probably have more fun with you for thinking obsucre sexual themes in another man's words.

hehehhee

AWMac · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:05:39 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
he'd probably have more fun with you for thinking obsucre sexual themes in another man's words.

hehehhee

Now there you go JB73 bringing sex into this thread.... reread my post again. I did not mention anything about sex or sexual themes. I just remarked on some of the discriptive words you used.

AWMac · « **Reply #27 on:** January 07, 2005, 12:57:29 PM »

JB73 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2005, 01:30:34 PM »

AWMac · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2005, 01:37:06 PM »