Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Southack
Guess what that leaves us with to explain the orbit of the planets around the Sun?!

General relativity works the same (i.e., it gives a consistent result) in all frames of reference. You are the one saying that coordinate system matters. Why would you expect the orbit to remain stable in the "motionless" coordinate system, but not in a moving coordinate system?

203 posted on 06/26/2003 11:36:56 AM PDT by Physicist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 198 | View Replies ]


To: Physicist
"General relativity works the same (i.e., it gives a consistent result) in all frames of reference."

As will the answer to our questions on this thread.

Are the Earth and Sun stationary?

Well, that's not consistent in all frames of reference, so that's probably not our answer.

Could Gravity be moving really, really fast to explain why the Earth appears to be orbiting in a plane around the center of our Sun?

Well, that *IS* consistent with what we see in all frames of reference. Hmmm...

204 posted on 06/26/2003 1:01:37 PM PDT by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 203 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson