Newton's 3rd law and ether in space

[appot89]

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Hey everyone,

I've read in an article that newton's 3rd law proves that there is no ether in space. Why is that?

Hey everyone,

I've read in an article that Newton's 3rd law proves that there is no ether in space. It says, according to Newton's 3rd law, the mass of the space between objects should be 0; then, ether does not actually exist.
Could you please explain to me why Newton's 3rd law imply that the mass of ether should be zero?
https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/cutting/3rdlaw.htm (please check number 6)

 

[anuttarasammyak]

the mass of the space between objects should be 0;

Electromagnetic energy is stored in space as (ED+BH)/2. I have not heard of its influence to the Newton's third law though we live in the world of electromagnetic technology, e.g. wifi. In this case electromagnetic energy and momentum should be included into account of their conservations in system, of course.

 

[PeroK]

Summary:: Hey everyone,

I've read in an article that Newton's 3rd law proves that there is no ether in space. Why is that?

Hey everyone,

I've read in an article that Newton's 3rd law proves that there is no ether in space. It says, according to Newton's 3rd law, the mass of the space between objects should be 0; then, ether does not actually exist.
Could you please explain to me why Newton's 3rd law imply that the mass of ether should be zero?
https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/cutting/3rdlaw.htm (please check number 6)

I think that webpage is not very good at all. I would ignore what it says.

 

[Drakkith]

Agreed. I find the page highly questionable.

Edit: The rest of the site seems to be okay, so I would take a further look before casting judgment on the whole site. But I only did a quick peruse, not an in-depth look.