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Would the arms of a rotating ice skater still move outwards if there was no other object in the universe?
If there is no other object in the universe apart from a rotating ice skater, then nothing can be used as a reference frame. Would it make any sense to say that the skater is rotating? If so, rotating ...
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Would we feel the rotation of a rotating habitat?
Assume that a space habitat is shaped like a can with the "top" open.
lets say we attach the can's top to a string with an astronaut standing on the base. We then rotate the can in deep space using ...
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Why can we use just one angular velocity vector to describe the rotation of a whole non-inertial reference frame?
The other day in class the professor was explaining non-inertial reference frames. We were working out how to find the acceleration of a point as measured from the non-inertial reference frame, and ...
