> Then why is it when I jump I don't travel miles? Checkmate atheists.
So much for the value of a British education.
Green !BEERiVqJJw (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#878,059
@878,015 (D)
But if I jump, would I not be travelling at a different speed than the earth?
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 9 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#878,064
@previous (Green !BEERiVqJJw)
Short answer: your feet touch the ground, i.e. they have a horizontal velocity = to the Earth's rotation speed. When you jump, you still have this component and you therefore move in the same direction as the Earth.
If you want more?
Technically air resistance should slow you down a bit, so you might end up a very small distance before the place you jumped from. But then again, air is moving with the Earth as well, so it gives you a forward push... These two effects balance out. Of course the error exists which is so small it would take hours to calculate.
Maybe you have time for more? Research Time dilation.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 33 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#878,076
@878,059 (Green !BEERiVqJJw)
maybe if you jumped high enough
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 2 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#878,101
@previous (G)
yeah this is the right answer i think