Distance!!?

Question

Motion does not effect distance. But why?

Answer 1

Motion is generally measured by speed or distance/time. The distance between New York and Chicago remains constant, but the time it take to go between the two points can increase or decrease depending on how much motion is put into the effort. The result of taking a longer time means a slower speed.


In other words:
The distance is a constant. The time is the variable and the result (speed) is a product of a constant divided by a variable.

Answer 2

In deference to my esteemed collegue above, you are dealing with to non-simultaneous phenomenae.

Distance is a linear measurement. It is constatn between two arbitrary points. It is what is called a "static" measurement.

Motion, on the other hand describes physical movement from one distinct point to another. If that motion happens between the two points above, that motion has traveled along a straight line, and has gone the distance, or the linear measurement between those two points.

Motion, therefore, happens irrespective of distance. The motion is varriable, and the distance is constant.

Oh, and time and speed dont really enter into the explanation at all....

Answer 3

motion does not effect distance if the object revolves around another object.