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by obastani
3275 days ago
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A sibling post talked about special relativity, but you don't need special relativity to answer this question, just Galilean relativity. The answer is that you can measure velocity in any inertial reference frame you want. If you are in an inertial reference frame, you can say your own speed is 0 km/hr, or you can consider an inertial reference frame of the galaxy, which is some ungodly number, or you can measure your velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background. It's all the same -- only the relative velocity between you and another object has a real physical meaning. |
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Just like we can only mark a distance traveled as from a starting point.