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Dnj23
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Let's say there is a train moving at 50 mph on the moon on a flat surface (say it's a perfect vacuum) and you are on the last cart where you throw a ball out the rear in the opposite direction the train is moving (directly away from it, parallel to the ground). The ball thrown is also instantaneously 50 mph. Let's also also say that there is an observer on the ground by the track not moving, and the ball was thrown just as it passed the observer.
From the ground observer, would the ball appear to not move at all in the vacuum, then fall to the ground, maybe bounce up and down a few times, but never move an inch?
From the ground observer, would the ball appear to not move at all in the vacuum, then fall to the ground, maybe bounce up and down a few times, but never move an inch?