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[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But will we feel the shift in gravity/inertia as the planet starts moving straight?

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago

This is the cutting-edge of my understanding so if I'm wrong somebody call me out, but I think because gravity is warping space-time and not actually pulling anything, we wouldn't feel an inertia change. Our inertia would be maintained, but the space-time we're going through would suddenly be shaped different, so we'd follow a new path

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The part you're missing is that earth isn't a point in space. That's why there's tides caused by the sun (which are different than tides caused by the moon)

A person wouldn't feel the difference, but the tides would slosh back when the solar gravity stops effecting them.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 3 months ago

So would all the other planets, so there'd be a non-zero chance we'd smack into one of them. Most likely though we'd become a very, very cold rogue planet.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

How do you figure? Space is fucking huge. I don't see how any planets could collide.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I really doubt we would notice, because if so we would already be feeling different during day and night. The sun pulls us toward the sky during the daytime and toward the ground at night. Also toward the east at sunrise and the west at sunset. But none of this seems noticeable.