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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Man, it'd be so funny if the entire atmosphere just straight up locked in place. Heck, forget rotation, have it keep it's X/Y/Z in the universe static and just straight up disappear as our solar system moves on.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

The center of the universe, I suppose. How fast is the Milky Way moving away from the center? I imagine quite fast.

[–] Remotedeck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Xkcd kinda did a video on it except the earth is the one that stopped. It's pretty much exactly the same result though

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5G1QG6cXc

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

It's exactly the same result! Because it's the same scenario from different perspectives.