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minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI think they’re trying to say, it can be considered to be a non-accelerated reference frame, where stuff like planets and stars would be accelerated. Though I have a problem in understanding how it could be taken as a reference frame in the first place.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIndeed, it can’t be a reference frame, as even if it’s not accelerated, it’s everywhere, so it doesn’t have a position or orientation.
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNot only that, it’s not even a single object. It’s just the name given to a group of radiation, which is ultimately just light going randomly here and there.
I think they’re trying to say, it can be considered to be a non-accelerated reference frame, where stuff like planets and stars would be accelerated.
Though I have a problem in understanding how it could be taken as a reference frame in the first place.
Indeed, it can’t be a reference frame, as even if it’s not accelerated, it’s everywhere, so it doesn’t have a position or orientation.
Not only that, it’s not even a single object. It’s just the name given to a group of radiation, which is ultimately just light going randomly here and there.