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which is obvious because a gyro is not rigid and has parts the move relative to each other, but would the entire system feel a force if exerted on it and correc
by Neeek 9y ago
which is obvious because a gyro is not rigid and has parts the move relative to each other, but would the entire system feel a force if exerted on it and correct it's orientation? What would it be "pointed" at? If it did, wouldn't that imply an absolute point of reference?
- epistasis 9y agoNot an absolute point of reference, but an inertial point of reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference
- Neeek 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference#Absolute_space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_frame_of_reference#Ab... Is what the entire article is about! That our idea of an intertial frame of reference is incomplete.