How long will the earth fall?

地球下坠要多久呢？

youdao

I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth!

我想知道我会不会正好穿过地球掉下去！

youdao

If the Sun was at the center of the universe, things would fall toward the Sun and away from the Earth, which of course they didn't.

如果太阳在宇宙的中心，物体就会离开地球向太阳落去，但事实显然没有。

youdao

Still another is the crash of large asteroids, minor planets that fall to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

Right. The most famous example is that when things fall near the surface of the Earth, they all have the same acceleration, and the acceleration that's common is called g, and that's 9.8 m/s^.

最有名的例子就是,当物体地球表面附近下落时,它们都拥有相同的加速度,这个普遍的加速度叫做g,大小为9.8m/s^

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"They fall all over the Earth, not just Antarctica, but the best places for us to find them are the deserts because they don't get weathered and they don't break down as easily."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

So why on Earth does cutting capital gains taxes, increasing the money we lend to small business, and increasing the amount that they can deduct based on their investments in new equipment, why on Earth would that fall prey to the same old tired, partisan politics unless one side was much more concerned about playing politics than it is about helping this economy along?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

It became stuck in Earth orbit after its launch in November and will probably fall back to Earth next month.

BBC: Soyuz back in service after failed launch

But only a tiny fraction of the meteorites which fall to earth today are carbonaceous chondrites.

ECONOMIST: Paleoforensic science