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Originally posted by RealSpoke
And a hovering object is held in a geosynchronous orbit, therefore it will not appear to move, though it is traveling 1,000 mph or whatever it is WITH the Earth.
Night Timelapse video in Saas-Fee - Switzerland
Camera : Olympus c-5060WZ + B-HLD20 + Timer + AC Adapter
Date : Night of 27 to 28 December 2011
Music : Sountrack IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON "The Eagle has wings"
The night part Timelapse is a sequence of 40sec exposure at 800 ISO
Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching.
Actually no, it wouldn't, as the helicopter would have no inertia relative to the observer or the earth. It would be, as stated above by another poster, in a geosynchronous orbit. From the heli's point of view and an observer's point of view on the ground it would seem as though it were not moving. But if you were to observe it from a stationary point in space somehow, it would be moving @ 1,000mph along with the earth's rotation.
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by ArrowsNV
I think the atmosphere and or gravity has something to do with it also because I would think that a hovering helicopter should eventually lose its inertia, allowing the earth to start passing beneath it.
And a hovering object is held in a geosynchronous orbit, therefore it will not appear to move, though it is traveling 1,000 mph or whatever it is WITH the Earth.
Ah, yep that answers thatedit on 17-6-2012 by Juggernog because: (no reason given)