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Re: [Phys-l] Centrifugal redux



John Clement wrote:

What about saying just asking them to identify the agent of the force?

One interpretation might identify the agent as the distant stars.
When viewed, for example, from a rotating earth, the stars constitute a rotating mass generating gravi-magnetic fields - resulting in centrifugal/coriolis forces for the earth observers.

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
trebor@winbeam.com
http://www.winbeam.com/~trebor/