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janakiraman
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i posted this also in general physics, but I'm posting it here as well. sorry if I'm breaking the community rules
Well this is not my question, but i thought i would ask this in this forum to find a solution regarding the same.
Imagine a very long rod that extends between the Earth and upto sun (imagine that the material cannot melt even at the temp of sun). Now the rod is placed in an inclined position with a fulcrum in the middle of the rod about which the rod can move. Now if a person moves the end of the rod near the earth, the rod losses the balance and hence as a result the other end of the rod near the sun moves accordingly to balance itself.
Now though the rod moves at a very very small velocity compared to that of light, the information i.e., the imbalance travels almost instantaneously at infinite speed and makes the other end of the rod near the sun to move in accordance to the movement happened in the end near the earth
Now my question is, is this allowed by relativity? i don't know much regarding relativity theory, I would be happy if people here can answer to my query in more layman terms
Well this is not my question, but i thought i would ask this in this forum to find a solution regarding the same.
Imagine a very long rod that extends between the Earth and upto sun (imagine that the material cannot melt even at the temp of sun). Now the rod is placed in an inclined position with a fulcrum in the middle of the rod about which the rod can move. Now if a person moves the end of the rod near the earth, the rod losses the balance and hence as a result the other end of the rod near the sun moves accordingly to balance itself.
Now though the rod moves at a very very small velocity compared to that of light, the information i.e., the imbalance travels almost instantaneously at infinite speed and makes the other end of the rod near the sun to move in accordance to the movement happened in the end near the earth
Now my question is, is this allowed by relativity? i don't know much regarding relativity theory, I would be happy if people here can answer to my query in more layman terms