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minus-squareSupremeDonut@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoSo would there be turning involved still orrrrr?
minus-squareatx_aquarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoYou’re constantly, gradually turning downward, technically.
minus-squarex0x7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoActually not turning would be falling. You are constantly being turned upward.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 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?
no, that’s a straight line
You’re constantly, gradually turning downward, technically.
Actually not turning would be falling. You are constantly being turned upward.
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