Does Gravity / curved space cause rotation?
Meaning, if a spaceship is heading not directly toward Earth, but slightly off to one side, and when finally being close to the Earth it falls into earth orbit, does the spaceship continue to point in the same directions as it was when approaching the earth, or does it now rotate at a frequency that is equal to its orbital frequency?
I would expect the spaceship to be pointing in the opposite direction after completing one half of an earth orbit.
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