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  2. Richard Christopher Carrington - Wikipedia

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    Carrington also determined the elements of the rotation axis of the Sun, based on sunspot motions, and his results remain in use today. Carrington rotation is a system for measuring solar longitude based on his observations of the low-latitude solar rotation rate. Carrington made the initial observations leading to the establishment of Spörer ...

  3. Inertial frame of reference - Wikipedia

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    where the angular rotation of the frame is expressed by the vector Ω pointing in the direction of the axis of rotation, and with magnitude equal to the angular rate of rotation Ω, symbol × denotes the vector cross product, vector x B locates the body and vector v B is the velocity of the body according to a rotating observer (different from ...

  4. Rotating reference frame - Wikipedia

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    For completeness, the inertial acceleration due to impressed external forces can be determined from the total physical force in the inertial (non-rotating) frame (for example, force from physical interactions such as electromagnetic forces) using Newton's second law in the inertial frame: = Newton's law in the rotating frame then becomes

  5. Unmoved mover - Wikipedia

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    This "machinery" includes potentiality and actuality, hylomorphism, the theory of categories, and "an audacious and intriguing argument, that the bare existence of change requires the postulation of a first cause, an unmoved mover whose necessary existence underpins the ceaseless activity of the world of motion". [7]

  6. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    In special relativity, the rule that Wilczek called "Newton's Zeroth Law" breaks down: the mass of a composite object is not merely the sum of the masses of the individual pieces. [81]: 33 Newton's first law, inertial motion, remains true. A form of Newton's second law, that force is the rate of change of momentum, also holds, as does the ...

  7. Rotating spheres - Wikipedia

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    The axis of rotation is shown as a vector Ω with direction given by the right-hand rule and magnitude equal to the rate of rotation: |Ω| = ω. The angular rate of rotation ω is assumed independent of time (uniform circular motion). Because of the rotation, the string is under tension. (See reactive centrifugal force.) The description of this ...

  8. Theory of relativity - Wikipedia

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    General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to the forces of nature. [2] It applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy. [3] The theory transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20th century, superseding a 200-year-old theory of mechanics created primarily by Isaac Newton.

  9. The Concept of Law - Wikipedia

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    The Concept of Law is a 1961 book by the legal philosopher H. L. A. Hart and his most famous work. [1] The Concept of Law presents Hart's theory of legal positivism—the view that laws are rules made by humans and that there is no inherent or necessary connection between law and morality—within the framework of analytic philosophy.