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Can somebody please explain how we move through space in 3 seperate curved, corkscrew, elliptical, linear trajectories, ranging from 66,600mph to 1.2 million mph and while spinning at over 1,00mph......and we don't sense or feel any motion? Furthermore, long exposure images of night-sky star-trails reveal perfect 360* circles......this is impossible give the afore mentioned.....is there a working CGI model to confirm?

Ashley We don't feel motion on earth because its speed is constant, as in, we'd only feel it if it sped up or slowed down. Think of being in a car. We don't …moreWe don't feel motion on earth because its speed is constant, as in, we'd only feel it if it sped up or slowed down. Think of being in a car. We don't feel the curve because it's very gradual compared to taking a curve in a car. Those star trail photographs show stars traveling in arcs, not perfect circles.(less)

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