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   Sylvia Else to Luigi Fortunati   
   Re: The gelatin sphere   
   02 Jul 19 12:36:14   
   
   From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 2/07/2019 5:48 pm, Luigi Fortunati wrote:   
      
   > So I explicitly ask: is the free fall in a gravitational field inertial   
   > or accelerated?   
   >   
      
   It is inertial, but the only part of your gelatin sphere that is in free   
   fall is the part at its centre of gravity.   
      
   If we put an observer inside the sphere, but in such a way that he was   
   not affected by it, then, except when he's not at the centre of gravity   
   of the sphere, he'd find himself accelerating relative to the gelatin   
   surrounding him.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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