A 2 Prong Challenge about two errors in Newton’s First Law of Motion
CAVEAT: You may want to read Post Script 3 first.
First the Two ERRORS
1. Newton: In the absence of external forces etc. a body continues to be at REST OurPal: ….body is at Dead-End due to obstacle and moves when the obstacle is removed. 2. Newton: Uniform motion in a straight line OurPal: Uniform acceleration in a straight line or uniform motion in a circular orbit or elliptical orbit modified by Kepler’s Law of planetary motion to traverse equal area in equal time. This can be readily confirmed by observing A 2 prong challenge about two minor errors in Sir Isaac Newton's First the solar system where turning is acceleration transformed into uniform motion. CHALLENGE If you still agree with Newton and disagree with me then I will appreciate if you can identify a body anywhere in this universe in any frame of reference 1) “At Rest” which is not concurrently at dead end due to at least one obstacle such as table, floor, earth etc. 2) having uniform motion in a straight line and not circular or elliptical closed loop orbit. I submit that nothing in this universe is at rest. When some thing appears to be at rest, it is actually at dead end due to at least one obstacle, otherwise the body, object or thing wants to move and indeed moves as soon as the obstacle in its path (vertical or horizontal) is removed. One would indeed be right in defending Sir Isaac Newton, that a body would continue to be at rest even without an obstacle, if one can be found at rest without an obstacle.
Just like spring wound toy car moves horizontally when the obstacle is removed, likewise it would also accelerate vertically downward in a straight line when the obstacle of the table, floor, earth etc is removed. In other words in this respect the entire universe is spring wound or otherwise powered like the man made toys.
Some people erroneously think that a ball floating at the ‘Center of Gravity’ of a larger object such as earth would be at rest without an obstacle. While it is ‘At Rest’ with respect to the earth, it is nonetheless part of and moving with the orbital velocity of the earth, solar system Milky Way galaxy etc., etc.
What Sir Isaac Newton meant to say was that a body continues to be in uniform acceleration (not velocity) in a straight line or uniform motion in a circle, modified by Kepler’s laws of planetary motion for non-circular elliptical orbits so that planets may continue to traverse equal area in equal time.
As you already very well know that planets in our solar system are moving with almost uniform speed in almost circular orbits (modified to traverse equal area in equal time) only because turning constitutes acceleration. In other words the constant directional turns transform acceleration into uniform speed. In fact if our planet were to ever leave the solar system, it would immediately resume uniform acceleration in a tangential straight line at the break away point.
Please do not misunderstand me. I have the same awe inspiring respect for Sir Isaac Newton as you. Newton is without a doubt the ‘Icon of Kinematics’ and has attained the status of ‘Sainthood’ in Science. These two minor corrections to the first law of motion named after him will not detract from his status as the greatest scientist who ever lived. Yes even Einstein will be second to Sir Isaac Newton.
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Pal Asija 7 Woonsocket Ave Shelton, CT. 06484-5536 203-924-9538 P.S. 1. If you are not the right person to evaluate this, then please be so good to forward it to a more appropriate person. 2. It would be nice if teaching in schools and colleges and concomitant textbooks can be corrected to conform with reality. 3. Recent deletion of the article entitled, Minor Corrections to Newton's First Law of Motion" from Wikipedia and concomitant revision entitled, "Modern Understanding of Three Laws of Motion merely fixes one of the two errors in his first law to viz at rest error but not velocity error. Furthermore physics teachers and text books do not reflect even this partially corrected modern understanding. Unfortunately no body has responded to the challenge patently.