Inertial Reference Frames

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Inertial Reference Frame

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This is the object or person or location that we pretend is completely still, and we assess the motion of other objects relative to this.

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Galileo

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He was the first to rigorously describe relative motion.

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Inertial Reference Frame

This is the object or person or location that we pretend is completely still, and we assess the motion of other objects relative to this.

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Galileo

He was the first to rigorously describe relative motion.

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moving ship

What did Galileo experiment on related to relative motion?

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reference frame

According to Galileo, velocity measurements depend on which ______ you adopt.

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Dialogues Concerning the Two Chief World

Galileo’s book where he discussed relative motion.