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The obvious objection to the famous thought experiment with one of a twins moving away from the Earth is, couldn't you have moved the twin together with the Earth in the opposite direction to yield the opposite conclusion. Thes standard answer is that the symmetry is broken when the returning twin accelerates by returning. Moving the other twin together with the Earth and the rest of the universe is not the same thing as moving only the leaving twin.
Does this imply there is some connection between all the mass in the universe and inertia a la Mach?
Does this imply there is some connection between all the mass in the universe and inertia a la Mach?