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All motion in space is relative. Wouldn't it also be equally accurate to say this object is motionless and everything else is passing it by at 1M mph?
by _justinfunk 2y ago
All motion in space is relative. Wouldn't it also be equally accurate to say this object is motionless and everything else is passing it by at 1M mph?
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- Djdjur7373bb 2y agoIt would be as accurate and make as much sense as saying the 100m finish line traveled to Usian Bolt in 9.6 seconds.
- _justinfunk 2y agoI'm not being snotty. What is the fixed point from which they are measuring the speed? Is the object moving 1M mph relative to earth? The black hole at the center of Milky Way?
- ianburrell 2y agoThe paper says the Galactic rest frame.
- gambiting 2y ago>> What is the fixed point from which they are measuring the speed? Rest of the milky way galaxy, presumably, given that it talks about escape velocity from it.