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Tomer
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Hello everyone, thanks for reading.
So, this is pretty basic, but unfortunately I'm not sure of the answer -
A fly is flying in a train, in the air, but isn't moving (one of these static-annoying flies). Then the train starts moving. The fly would then be seen to people sitting on the seats as though moving towards the back of the train, right?
Then I thought - ok, the same thing has to happen with air molecules.
But then - how come we don't feel "wind" when the train starts moving?
Worse then that - how come we don't feel wind with the Earth rotating around itself as rapidly as it does?
Made me think I need to restudy Mechanics :-)
Thanks a lot.
Tomer.
So, this is pretty basic, but unfortunately I'm not sure of the answer -
A fly is flying in a train, in the air, but isn't moving (one of these static-annoying flies). Then the train starts moving. The fly would then be seen to people sitting on the seats as though moving towards the back of the train, right?
Then I thought - ok, the same thing has to happen with air molecules.
But then - how come we don't feel "wind" when the train starts moving?
Worse then that - how come we don't feel wind with the Earth rotating around itself as rapidly as it does?
Made me think I need to restudy Mechanics :-)
Thanks a lot.
Tomer.