[Vicomte13]

Hmmm. Well, I'll hazard a guess. If the earth didn't move but everything else moved relative to the Earth, everything would look exactly as it does now. The sun would literally rise and set, as opposed to figuratively, but it would look exactly the same. Everything would.

[CFC__VRWC]

Hmmm. Well, I'll hazard a guess. If the earth didn't move but everything else moved relative to the Earth, everything would look exactly as it does now. The sun would literally rise and set, as opposed to figuratively, but it would look exactly the same. Everything would.

It wouldn't look exactly the same, because if it did, we'd still be using the Ptolemaic model of the universe, which worked perfectly well when measurements were very crude and the only thing we had to observe the heavens was the naked eye. Unfortunately, as measuring and observation methods improved, Ptolemy's model pretty much fell apart.

[si tacuissem]

If the earth didn't move but everything else moved relative to the Earth, everything would look exactly as it does now.

Foucault's pendulum would not...

[aNYCguy]

everything would look exactly as it does now.

Rotating frames of reference are not inertial. Therefore, you're incorrect. If the Earth didn't rotate, the coriolis effect wouldn't occur, for starters.