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Ok, seems like a silly question, but this one has been puzzling me. I'm sure there is an easy answer, but it is not an easy thing to google.
So imagine swinging a bucket of water round. The water can be inverted, but it stays in the bucket with centrifugal force. And centrifugal force occurs whenever something changes direction. So my question is, as Earth is orbiting the sun, and hence changing direction, why do we not feel a centrifugal force? IE be pushed into the Earth during the day, and be flung outwards (become lighter) during the night. I was thinking relativity, but gyros maintain their direction relative to space on Earth regardless of spinning. So why don't we feel centrifugal force as the Earth races round the sun?
So imagine swinging a bucket of water round. The water can be inverted, but it stays in the bucket with centrifugal force. And centrifugal force occurs whenever something changes direction. So my question is, as Earth is orbiting the sun, and hence changing direction, why do we not feel a centrifugal force? IE be pushed into the Earth during the day, and be flung outwards (become lighter) during the night. I was thinking relativity, but gyros maintain their direction relative to space on Earth regardless of spinning. So why don't we feel centrifugal force as the Earth races round the sun?