| Is anything at rest? -
11-02-2005, 07:06 AM
In physics something 'at rest' means that it has no momentum. The trouble with this is that all our observations are conducted on a planet that is moving through space, this means that everything on the planet inherits the momentum of the planet. It essentially means that while things appear to be at rest the reality is that the observer and observed object have an inherited momentum and are moving together. Does this mean that nothing is truly at rest? |