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Undergrad Examining the Physics of a Gyroscopic Softball
I may have to resort back to my theory that the resistance to acceleration is due to time dilation. Acceleration causes a physical change in matter that slows relative time.- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Undergrad Examining the Physics of a Gyroscopic Softball
That is the whole point of my question! What causes inertia? I know that nobody knows! I am trying to figure it out.- Pocketwatch
- Post #18
- Forum: Mechanics
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Undergrad Examining the Physics of a Gyroscopic Softball
Thanks again for your answers. I keep thinking that there is a connection between an object in motion and gyroscopic action. Both resist course changes. An object at rest and a gyroscope tends to resist movement. Is it possible that resistance to being put in motion, vector changes...- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Undergrad Examining the Physics of a Gyroscopic Softball
Thank you for your informative answers. The alignment of the axis of the tiny gyroscopes would affect what happened to the ball when it is thrown. If all the spinning axis were arranged a certain way in the ball, the ball would tend to break apart if it is thrown hard enough. If all the...- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Undergrad Examining the Physics of a Gyroscopic Softball
A softball sized ball is filled with hundreds of spinning micro gyroscopes. The axis of the spinning gyroscopes are all pointing in random directions. Will the ball resist being thrown and go shorter distances? Will the ball resist rolling? OR Will it just behave like a normal...- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: Mechanics
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Undergrad Does Space Have Mass to Support Swirling Galaxies?
Some of my observations, misskitty are based on pictures of swirling galaxies. Most are based upon an experiment I conducted. Here's how it went: I went to my local hardware store and purchased an aluminum cone. The kind that they use for the top of some chain link fence posts, and some...- Pocketwatch
- Post #6
- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Undergrad Does Space Have Mass to Support Swirling Galaxies?
When I look at pictures of swirling galaxies. The swirling patterns look very much like clouds swirling around the eye of a hurricane. This would imply that it is space itself that is being pulled toward the vortex of the galaxy and the stars are tagging along. Just like a hurricane pulls...- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Graduate The Rotation of the Universe: A New Perspective on Cosmic Expansion
Look at any distant galaxy. They all appear to be rotating around a central point. You can see the spiral patterns around the edges of galaxies. There appears to be a very strong gravity source at the center of every galaxy. That gravity source could be a super massive black hole that each...- Pocketwatch
- Post #22
- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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What Happens When You Jump into a Hole from the North Pole to the South Pole?
The road that the man is building is parallel with the hole that is drilled through the center of the earth. His road would always be downhill towards the midpoint and uphill to the other end. To keep his road level, the man has to build it in a circular pattern instead of straight lines...- Pocketwatch
- Post #16
- Forum: Other Physics Topics
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Undergrad Help With Dilation: Get Answers Here
Okay. Let's suppose a man is in a spaceship that is traveling so close to the speed of light that in the time it takes for him to read your above statement, one year passes on earth. Now, we all know that velocity has no effect on the speed of light, and we know that brain synapses occur at near...- Pocketwatch
- Post #8
- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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Is Coin Shrinking a Safe and Fascinating Hobby?
I found out about coin shrinking while I was searching for a way to compress time. I am more interested in time compression than time dilation.- Pocketwatch
- Post #10
- Forum: General Engineering
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Is Coin Shrinking a Safe and Fascinating Hobby?
Judging from their price list of shrunken coins, it could be quite profitable. Especially since it seems very few people are doing it.- Pocketwatch
- Post #9
- Forum: General Engineering
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Undergrad Help With Dilation: Get Answers Here
Velocity makes matter expand at the molecular level. If you could compare a clock that is at rest to a clock that is traveling at near the speed of light, the high velocity clock will be many times bigger with the same mass and energy so it runs slower. All mass is held together by its...- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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An interesting test: Do you think like a psycopath?
Or use a search engine. :cool:- Pocketwatch
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Is Coin Shrinking a Safe and Fascinating Hobby?
I don't doubt it can be done like they say. If I had all the capacitors and step up transformers it takes, I would shrink some coins myself. Other metal objects can be shrunk as well. The mass of the coin remains the same. According to them, it is legal. Here is a good page that...- Pocketwatch
- Post #6
- Forum: General Engineering