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How can I understand if an object stay (zero velocity) or moving with constant velocity (zero acceleration)
How to get distance when acceleration is not constant?Physics behind Wheel SlippingFinding the force of friction of a moving object and its change when it accelerates to a constant speedCan a object with constant acceleration change its trajectory?How can an object with zero acceleration move?How to apply Newton's first law to moving object?How does a body accelerate that is put into a flow field with constant speed?How to calculate acceleration vector of a moving object to intercept a stationary objectThe mechanics of retention of velocity/acceleration when an object is dropped from a moving bodyCan an object have constant speed and tangential acceleration without undergoing circular motion?
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I thought a scenario like; lets say I am looking an object and there is nothing except this object. Is there a way to understand that if this object is stay on its position or if object moving with a constant speed and also I am moving as same constant speed with this object ? (consider there is not any friction etc.)
kinematics acceleration velocity displacement
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I thought a scenario like; lets say I am looking an object and there is nothing except this object. Is there a way to understand that if this object is stay on its position or if object moving with a constant speed and also I am moving as same constant speed with this object ? (consider there is not any friction etc.)
kinematics acceleration velocity displacement
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There is no way to tell the difference. This is what Galilean relativity is about.
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– Stéphane Rollandin
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If it is possible to compare clocks between constant velocity & zero velocity situations, can we say constant velocity time will lower than zero velocity time ? @StéphaneRollandin
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– Ozn Ozi
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It’s impossible. This is the principle that gave the theory of relativity its name. First noticed by Galileo in 1632 for mechanics, it was generalized by Einstein in 1905 to all physics laws.
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I thought a scenario like; lets say I am looking an object and there is nothing except this object. Is there a way to understand that if this object is stay on its position or if object moving with a constant speed and also I am moving as same constant speed with this object ? (consider there is not any friction etc.)
kinematics acceleration velocity displacement
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I thought a scenario like; lets say I am looking an object and there is nothing except this object. Is there a way to understand that if this object is stay on its position or if object moving with a constant speed and also I am moving as same constant speed with this object ? (consider there is not any friction etc.)
kinematics acceleration velocity displacement
kinematics acceleration velocity displacement
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There is no way to tell the difference. This is what Galilean relativity is about.
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– Stéphane Rollandin
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If it is possible to compare clocks between constant velocity & zero velocity situations, can we say constant velocity time will lower than zero velocity time ? @StéphaneRollandin
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– Ozn Ozi
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It’s impossible. This is the principle that gave the theory of relativity its name. First noticed by Galileo in 1632 for mechanics, it was generalized by Einstein in 1905 to all physics laws.
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There is no way to tell the difference. This is what Galilean relativity is about.
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– Stéphane Rollandin
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If it is possible to compare clocks between constant velocity & zero velocity situations, can we say constant velocity time will lower than zero velocity time ? @StéphaneRollandin
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– Ozn Ozi
8 hours ago
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It’s impossible. This is the principle that gave the theory of relativity its name. First noticed by Galileo in 1632 for mechanics, it was generalized by Einstein in 1905 to all physics laws.
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– J. Manuel
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There is no way to tell the difference. This is what Galilean relativity is about.
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– Stéphane Rollandin
8 hours ago
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There is no way to tell the difference. This is what Galilean relativity is about.
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– Stéphane Rollandin
8 hours ago
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If it is possible to compare clocks between constant velocity & zero velocity situations, can we say constant velocity time will lower than zero velocity time ? @StéphaneRollandin
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– Ozn Ozi
8 hours ago
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If it is possible to compare clocks between constant velocity & zero velocity situations, can we say constant velocity time will lower than zero velocity time ? @StéphaneRollandin
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– Ozn Ozi
8 hours ago
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It’s impossible. This is the principle that gave the theory of relativity its name. First noticed by Galileo in 1632 for mechanics, it was generalized by Einstein in 1905 to all physics laws.
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– J. Manuel
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It’s impossible. This is the principle that gave the theory of relativity its name. First noticed by Galileo in 1632 for mechanics, it was generalized by Einstein in 1905 to all physics laws.
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You cannot tell the difference. In fact many would say there is no difference. If you're really in a universe where there's nothing except the object like you say, there would be no difference between just sitting still and moving at a constant speed. There are no stars to see whizzing by, no atmosphere to make you feel the wind, nothing to make the light so you can measure redshift with special relativity.
If you're curious, this is one of the fundamental assumptions of special relativity.
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Constant velocity and speed have no meaning unless you specify the frame of reference with respect to which it is measured or observed. (The only exception is the speed of light).
If you see an object “moving”, then it is moving with respect to your frame of reference. If you see it as “still” it is still with respect to your frame of reference.
But in the frame of reference of somebody who is with the object in a windowless compartment the object is always at rest and the person has no no way of knowing what you are seeing.
All this assumes constant velocity.
Hope this helps
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You cannot tell the difference. In fact many would say there is no difference. If you're really in a universe where there's nothing except the object like you say, there would be no difference between just sitting still and moving at a constant speed. There are no stars to see whizzing by, no atmosphere to make you feel the wind, nothing to make the light so you can measure redshift with special relativity.
If you're curious, this is one of the fundamental assumptions of special relativity.
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You cannot tell the difference. In fact many would say there is no difference. If you're really in a universe where there's nothing except the object like you say, there would be no difference between just sitting still and moving at a constant speed. There are no stars to see whizzing by, no atmosphere to make you feel the wind, nothing to make the light so you can measure redshift with special relativity.
If you're curious, this is one of the fundamental assumptions of special relativity.
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You cannot tell the difference. In fact many would say there is no difference. If you're really in a universe where there's nothing except the object like you say, there would be no difference between just sitting still and moving at a constant speed. There are no stars to see whizzing by, no atmosphere to make you feel the wind, nothing to make the light so you can measure redshift with special relativity.
If you're curious, this is one of the fundamental assumptions of special relativity.
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You cannot tell the difference. In fact many would say there is no difference. If you're really in a universe where there's nothing except the object like you say, there would be no difference between just sitting still and moving at a constant speed. There are no stars to see whizzing by, no atmosphere to make you feel the wind, nothing to make the light so you can measure redshift with special relativity.
If you're curious, this is one of the fundamental assumptions of special relativity.
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Constant velocity and speed have no meaning unless you specify the frame of reference with respect to which it is measured or observed. (The only exception is the speed of light).
If you see an object “moving”, then it is moving with respect to your frame of reference. If you see it as “still” it is still with respect to your frame of reference.
But in the frame of reference of somebody who is with the object in a windowless compartment the object is always at rest and the person has no no way of knowing what you are seeing.
All this assumes constant velocity.
Hope this helps
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Constant velocity and speed have no meaning unless you specify the frame of reference with respect to which it is measured or observed. (The only exception is the speed of light).
If you see an object “moving”, then it is moving with respect to your frame of reference. If you see it as “still” it is still with respect to your frame of reference.
But in the frame of reference of somebody who is with the object in a windowless compartment the object is always at rest and the person has no no way of knowing what you are seeing.
All this assumes constant velocity.
Hope this helps
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Constant velocity and speed have no meaning unless you specify the frame of reference with respect to which it is measured or observed. (The only exception is the speed of light).
If you see an object “moving”, then it is moving with respect to your frame of reference. If you see it as “still” it is still with respect to your frame of reference.
But in the frame of reference of somebody who is with the object in a windowless compartment the object is always at rest and the person has no no way of knowing what you are seeing.
All this assumes constant velocity.
Hope this helps
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Constant velocity and speed have no meaning unless you specify the frame of reference with respect to which it is measured or observed. (The only exception is the speed of light).
If you see an object “moving”, then it is moving with respect to your frame of reference. If you see it as “still” it is still with respect to your frame of reference.
But in the frame of reference of somebody who is with the object in a windowless compartment the object is always at rest and the person has no no way of knowing what you are seeing.
All this assumes constant velocity.
Hope this helps
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There is no way to tell the difference. This is what Galilean relativity is about.
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– Stéphane Rollandin
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If it is possible to compare clocks between constant velocity & zero velocity situations, can we say constant velocity time will lower than zero velocity time ? @StéphaneRollandin
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– Ozn Ozi
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It’s impossible. This is the principle that gave the theory of relativity its name. First noticed by Galileo in 1632 for mechanics, it was generalized by Einstein in 1905 to all physics laws.
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– J. Manuel
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