noctua Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 That's the question. If anyone will answer it - I may post my 'uneducated' guess at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 It is a consequence of the curvature of space-time, the same thing that causes gravity. Imagine two people standing near the north pole. They both start walking due south in a straight line. Because they are following lines of longitude, they gradually get further apart. The same is true of objects in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctua Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share Posted January 13, 2015 It is a consequence of the curvature of space-time, the same thing that causes gravity. Imagine two people standing near the north pole. They both start walking due south in a straight line. Because they are following lines of longitude, they gradually get further apart. The same is true of objects in space. Do you mean something like this?: (of course factoring in 3 dimensions) Oh god, i didn't notice the same topic right underneath this one, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Lol no prob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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