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    How does table exert force on me?

    I now this is a very fundamental idea, that when I slam my hand on a table, the force that I exert on the table is also exerted back to my hand, if this were not true then the table would move in the direction that I hit it or I would make a dent in it. This idea is hard for me to grasp...
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    Is the moon orbiting the earth at the same speed that earth spins?

    I have always wondered why the moon doesn't look blurred to us if Earth is spinning so fast, or are we spinning so fast that the image of the moon or everything else in the cosmos for that matter, looks clear? Like when a picture is taken of the Earth it looks still, is it because the thing used...
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    Time-dialation and light clock

    Thank you all so much for taking the time to explain this very interesting experiment/topic.
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    Time-dialation and light clock

    Can someone explain exactly(or to the best of your abilities) the changes that the light clock goes through from being in a stationary position, to reaching the speed of light? How does the light clock work, and how does the distance between "ticks" change to result in the slowing down of time...
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