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Relative Motion (A Thought Experiment)

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07-23-2004 5:08 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Tony650
07-23-2004 12:59 PM

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Now the question is...Can the Earth move? I don't mean can it be moved...I mean, can the Earth, in any sense of the word, be said to be "moving"?
It can be moving relative to the gravitational field, ie. your empty spacetime.
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