Reply to post: Re: So close? Re:Vector

Asteroid nearly gave Earth a new feature, two days after its discovery

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Re: So close? Re:Vector

In common English, I would say that speed has an "absolute" quality to it; even though speed/velocity can never be truly absolute, people have a notion of a stationary position and therefore an absolute speed.

Saying "it's speed relative to Earth" is fine, but just doesn't sound quite right. "It's velocity relative to Earth" is much better.

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