Ghibbsa, Well yes, basically that's it. The question I have is why we have to choose one frame over the other to get the correct results.
Edgar On Friday, February 7, 2014 5:17:41 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > > On Friday, February 7, 2014 10:04:42 PM UTC, Edgar L. Owen wrote: >> >> Ghibbsa, >> >> I'm not sure that works because it assumes there is an absolute space >> background (sort of like the aether) defined by the NON-rotating center of >> the earth. Why would that be the case? In other words what is that "hell of >> a lot faster" motion relative too, and why do we choose that frame as the >> correct/absolute one? >> >> Edgar >> > > My concern is that your questions are going beyond my personal knowledge > of relativity which isn't much. But, at risk of not addressing the > distinctiveness of what you have just said to me (if I don't then > apologies), I could try restating what I just said, but slightly > differently. > > - gravity is geometric > > - two objects at different distances from a massive body, in geosychronous > orbit relative to eachother, are not the same frame in relativity, because > one is moving faster relative to the speed of the other. Because that's the > only way to get geosynchronous situation. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
