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> that the galaxy's gravitational acceleration on the solar system is on the order of 10^-10 m/s A free falling accelerometer (that is an accelerometer that mo
by red75prime 2y ago
> that the galaxy's gravitational acceleration on the solar system is on the order of 10^-10 m/s
A free falling accelerometer (that is an accelerometer that moves along a spacetime geodesic) will detect no acceleration. And the solar system "free-falls". I don't see how we can detect that.
- Majromax 2y agoGood point, I retract that comment about detectability. I was too concerned with magnitudes to consider the rest of it.
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