>Imagine two bodies thrown exactly Northward on a sphere. Although their paths are parallel they would approach each other, as if there was an acceleration. This acceleration would be the same whatever their mass is.
The thing that always confuses me is how the distortion explains their behavior when stationary.
Sure, sure, "stationary" doesn't exist and everything is a matter of reference frames etc etc etc, but still, if you and I are both standing still on a sphere, there's nothing drawing us towards each other. Why are we drawn together from rest?
The thing that always confuses me is how the distortion explains their behavior when stationary.
Sure, sure, "stationary" doesn't exist and everything is a matter of reference frames etc etc etc, but still, if you and I are both standing still on a sphere, there's nothing drawing us towards each other. Why are we drawn together from rest?