Timeline for Wave hits beach-example: Does sweeping crest constitute a Frame of Reference?
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| Sep 8 at 1:37 | answer | added | mmesser314 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 7 at 23:49 | answer | added | Dale | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 7 at 22:17 | comment | added | harry | Very true. We can simply place the center of a coordinate system in my palm, let it move at constant v and pass the center of the sun in exactly 3 minutes, and it keeps going. The questions is: Does this system constitute a frame of reference? | |
| Sep 7 at 22:04 | comment | added | Vincent Thacker | If you sweep a flashlight across a sufficiently faraway object, the light spot will sweep across the object faster than light. Similarly, there is no issue here with the intersection point traveling faster than light. | |
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| S Sep 7 at 21:46 | history | asked | harry | CC BY-SA 4.0 |