An astronaut dropping an object on a spinning asteroid might perceive it as falling diagonally to the ground. Under this way of analysing gravity the Earth is just so massive that there wouldn't be any visible horizontal component to the falling entity. — Michael McMahon
Time moves faster for your head than your feet — Michael McMahon
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