Timeline for Does the path of free fall through a non-uniform gravitational field constitute an inertial reference system?
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| Jul 8, 2023 at 20:08 | answer | added | Cleonis | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 8, 2023 at 17:20 | comment | added | Robert Harper | I am assuming that tidal stress can be ignored. In other words I have in mind that the object is sufficiently small that gravitational force may be considered as uniform over its volume, but this force will change over time along the path of free fall. | |
| Jul 8, 2023 at 15:29 | comment | added | Bob D | Ignoring the fact that such an object would need be extremely long, if the object is in a non uniform gravitational field will one part of the object experience a different acceleration than another part? | |
| Jul 8, 2023 at 14:54 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jul 8, 2023 at 14:34 | history | asked | Robert Harper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |