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Is there a stationary object in the universe?

Is there a stationary object in the universe?

Anything in any situation can be said to be stationary, relative to anything that is sharing it’s spacetime conditions and is stationary relative to it. There is no absolute stationary reference frame in the Universe. Everything is moving relative to everything else.

Is there a true inertial frame of reference?

The answer to your question is no. There is no exact Newtonian inertial frame of rereference in the universe. (And by the way, it’s not true that knowledgeable physicists claim the earth’s frame to be exactly inertial in the Newtonian sense.)

What is stationary frame of reference?

A frame of reference consists of an object or environment that is considered to be stationary. Typically the observer is at rest in the reference frame; in this context, the term is “observational frame of reference.” All measurements of motion will be compared to a frame of reference.

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Is anything ever completely still?

If you mean ‘absolutely’ in the sense of ‘completely’, then no. The celebrated uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics shows that the more precisely we try to pin down the exact location of anything to tell if it’s stationary, the more it jitters about.

Can something be truly still?

Originally Answered: Is anything ever absolutely still? No, it is impossible for anything to be still because even the molocules inside it are always moving. Even at absolute zero the movement is just really slow.

Is Earth is inertial or non-inertial frame of reference?

Earth is not an inertial frame. Rather, Earth is a non-inertial frame of reference. A frame of reference is an object or a system which is used as a standard for measuring the speed of objects. A non-inertial frame refers to any reference frame that is accelerated with respect to an inertial one.

Are we ever really sitting still?

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There is no standing still in our universe. You are always in motion relative to something, whether you can sense it or not. Indeed, Einstein’s equations describing gravity revealed–to everyone’s surprise–that the universe couldn’t remain static even if it wanted to. It has to expand or contract.