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A person standing at the north pole wouldn't be in orbit. They would fall directly down. (Wouldn't they?)
by kbelder 2y ago
A person standing at the north pole wouldn't be in orbit. They would fall directly down.
(Wouldn't they?)
- gpm 2y agoI concur. Right up until they exhaled and gave themselves a little horizontal velocity.
- fallingknife 2y agoI think it would also have to be at an equinox. Otherwise the pole would be tilted towards or away from the sun, meaning that it orbits at a slightly different velocity, so you would have some velocity relative to the center of mass.