Re: Newtons Mechanics only valid from nonaccelerating frame of reference?



In article <1137730555.527614.135300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "jmorriss@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jmorriss@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>Well, if you use an accelerating frame of reference, things happen that
>Newtonian mechanics cannot explain.
>
Of course it can.

>For example, a videotape taken by a camera on a merry-go-round will
>show an object thrown in the air following a curved (side to side)
>path. In fact, you can toss something, and it can curve around so you
>can catch it. No real force is present to account for this motion.
>
That's why you use inertial forces (centrifugal and coriolis).

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