Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023

Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by weberer on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @07:21AM (#36417071)

Any tidally locked satellite such as the moon.

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Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by zmgsabst on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @07:59AM (#36417343)

A tidally locked satellite rotates: one rotation per orbit.

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Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by this_was_posted on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @08:03AM (#36417379)

unless the body it rotates around rotates at the exact same speed around another body in the opposite direction

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Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by jacquesm on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @09:41AM (#36418336)

Then it still rotates.

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Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by throwaway290 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @10:22AM (#36418825)

It can only rotate relative to an arbitrary point, not in some objective absolute sense. Here it does not rotate relative to chosen point.

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Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by jacquesm on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:39PM (#36420856)

Something about privileged reference frames...

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Re:Strong Solar Flare Erupts from Sun on Jun 20, 2023 by throwaway290 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:52PM (#36421060)

But what's the alternative, right?

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