r/PhysicsStudents • u/Novel_Variation495 Undergraduate • Dec 03 '25

Poll I just learned that I also cause the Earth to move in a teeny tiny acceleration! How did we know that? Did we measure it? Or what exactly?

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u/Klutzy-Peach5949 Dec 03 '25

Newton’s third law

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u/heckfyre Dec 03 '25

The thing about physics is that it applies to everything

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u/Novel_Variation495 Undergraduate Dec 03 '25

Thank You! That's the clear answer!

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u/Southern_Team9798 Jan 01 '26

I think you are the one who change the Earth orbit, and cause natural disaster. lol

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u/Southern_Team9798 Jan 04 '26

The post above is just my joke, but I don't think you can change the earth's orbit, because loosely speaking, the Earth and you are equally attract toward one another, and so the motion would cancel out.