Timeline for Why don't we feel the subtle speed change of Earth's elliptical orbit?
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| Jul 18, 2016 at 16:00 | comment | added | Sensii Miller | I disagree. Just because the effect is infinitesimal does not mean it cannot be felt. If it can be measured, it can be felt because it has an effect. Also, if it cannot be measured but can be calculated, it eventually can be measured. Science is all about the discovery of things once ignored. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 8:40 | comment | added | Peter Cordes | There's nothing to feel in the first place, except for second-order effects like stronger or weaker tides. The actual centripetal force due to gravity that curves the Earth's path into an orbit affects things on the surface of the Earth as well as the Earth itself. The "small gradual changes" in the Earth's speed that the OP talks can't be felt directly, regardless of sensitivity. (With enough sensitivity, you can detect tidal forces and infer the big picture, but there's no detectable simple force in the same direction as the change in earth's velocity, not even buried under other signals) | |
| Jul 15, 2016 at 11:46 | comment | added | chtenb | Please provide constructive comments rather than just downvoting the post. | |
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| Jul 14, 2016 at 19:19 | history | answered | Sensii Miller | CC BY-SA 3.0 |