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|    Luigi Fortunati to All    |
|    Re: Free fall    |
|    11 Feb 24 08:54:07    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              Mikko il 06/02/2024 15:26:36 ha scritto:       > The elevator at the bottom is not inertial. If the well were deeper the       > elevator could but the bottom prevernts that.              The bottom doesn't impede anything and, to prove it, in my new animation       https://www.geogebra.org/m/mdymaxsb I totally eliminate it.              Now, the well goes from one part of the Earth to the other.              Initially, elevator A is constrained near the surface and elevator B is       constrained to the center of the earth: neither of the 2 elevators can move.              If you remove the constraints with the appropriate button, elevator A       accelerates in free fall and elevator B remains stopped in its place.              Question: Is the unconstrained elevator B that stays in its place an inertial       or accelerated reference frame?              Luigi Fortunati              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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