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Old March 28th 06, 11:15 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
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Default Not quite on the Loo!

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Laurence E To group please!!! wrote:
It may seem a silly qwezzie, but, is anything out there perfectly still? And
could we place a "perfectly stationary" object in space and know/prove it
wasn't moving?


No. According to relativity (which seems to work) there is no way to
distinguish a frame of reference that is at rest.

-- Richard