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Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023
unless the body it rotates around rotates at the exact same speed around another body in the opposite direction
jacquesm
on June 21, 2023
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Then it
still
rotates.
throwaway290
on June 21, 2023
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It can only rotate relative to an arbitrary point, not in some objective absolute sense. Here it does not rotate relative to chosen point.
jacquesm
on June 21, 2023
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Something about privileged reference frames...
throwaway290
on June 21, 2023
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But what's the alternative, right?
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