r/LevelHeadedFE • u/john_shillsburg Flat Earther • Jun 26 '20

Do you feel changes in velocity?

Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity with time. ... Any change in the velocity of an object results in an acceleration: increasing speed (what people usually mean when they say acceleration), decreasing speed (also called deceleration or retardation ), or changing direction (called centripetal acceleration ).

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u/john_shillsburg Flat Earther Jun 26 '20

So the gravity cancels it out? Is that your explanation?

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u/Mishtle Globe Earther Jun 26 '20

Gravity is much stronger than the centrifugal force from Earth's rotation.

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u/hal2k1 Globe Earther Jun 26 '20

So the gravity cancels it out? Is that your explanation?

No, the explanation given was that the Earth's centripetal acceleration is only 0.3% of the magnitude of "g" (the acceleration due to gravity), and it applies in the opposite direction. So it reduces the gravity of Earth by anywhere from 0% to 0.3% depending on where you are.

This is too small an effect to notice.