sciman55 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 What are some examples of things that defy both inertia and momentum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qfwfq Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 What is meant by defying inertia and defying momentum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1ay Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 What are some examples of things that defy both inertia and momentum?IMO there are none..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumab Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Nothing with mass can "defy" those things, they're properties of mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciman55 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I do not mean anything in the real world. I mean fictional EXAMPLES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I think the point is that there is no such thing as an object that defies inertia and momentum. So a fictional example can be anything you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C1ay Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I do not mean anything in the real world. I mean fictional EXAMPLES.How about R2D2 then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I do not mean anything in the real world. I mean fictional EXAMPLES.No offense intended sciman55 but, what place does a fictional example have in a science forum. It is one thing to speculate about a possibility and entirely another to ponder absolute fiction. And please don't take this question personally, it was not made in an effort to attack you, it was asked in sincerity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qfwfq Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Nothing with mass can "defy" those things, they're properties of mass.Even when mass is zero. A massless particle is confined to the light cone i. e. it can't "defy" inertia and momentum. There are things that aren't really fictional and are "scientific" but that don't count as bodies. A position defined in a time-dependent geometrical way, that isn't material and doesn't have energy or momentum, might have accelerations without force, energy or momentum and may even have a velocity greater than c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 what place does a fictional example have in a science forum. I think it is perfectly fine to pose and ask for fictional examples - it provides fuel for thought. The important thing IMHO is to be able to separate between fact, fiction, and theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleAl Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 http://wugrav.wustl.edu/people/CMW/update98.pdfhttp://www.astro.northwestern.edu/AspenW04/Papers/lorimer1.pdf Equivalence Principle testing Science 303(5661) 1143;1153 (2004)http://arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401086http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0312071http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2003-5/index.htmlhttp://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1473_1.asp Deeply relativistic neutron star binaries No exceptions in any venue at any scale under any circumstances. I do not mean anything in the real world. I mean fictional EXAMPLES.http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/sunshine.jpg http://www.boreders.com/tv.php?article=auto The Autocar taking a tight turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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