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| Sep 29, 2012 at 21:40 | history | edited | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 29, 2012 at 20:50 | comment | added | capcom | That's true, planetary orbits and the like are seemingly uniform. But how about on Earth itself, where we have a constant gravitational acceleration pointing towards its center? So in that context, my use of the word horizontal refers to motion perpendicular to the direction of the acceleration due to gravity. I hope that makes sense. | |
| Sep 29, 2012 at 20:37 | history | answered | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |