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    B Mutually orbiting bodies in an isolated universe

    Ah, I see. I am now convinced that rotation is detectable in the absence of an external reference. Thank you, Physics Forum! :) /Jens
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    B Mutually orbiting bodies in an isolated universe

    Thanks for the replies so far. Let's go deeper. I know PF members are bright, but not even Newton would be able to deduce the bodies orbiting had he not had an external reference - the Sun. I also know that gravity will cause the objects to collide - and gravity is the same in my imagined...
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    B Mutually orbiting bodies in an isolated universe

    Hi Forum, I've been pondering about this for a while and I hope someone here can help! Imagine two bodies orbiting each other in tidal locking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking) just like Pluto and Charon, or as Earth and a geostationary satellite. Nothing else exists in this...
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    I How Does Gravity and Density Influence the Flow of Time?

    Dear Forum, The title "Speed of time" is the best I can come up with. We know that time isn't constant, rather it depends on the speed at which we move as well as the gravity we are subjected to (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation for a reference to the latter). As a...
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