Friday, 6 November 2015

newtonian mechanics - If the solar system is a non-inertial frame, why can Newton's Laws predict motion?


Since there is no object in the universe that doesn't move, and the solar system likely accelerates through space, how did Newton's Laws work so well? Didn't he assume that the sun is the acceleration-less center of the universe? Shouldn't there be many psuedo-forces to account for planetary motion?




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