Stationary? Relative to what? No, one of the things that comes out of Einstein's equations is that the universe is dynamic. It does not stand still. It can expand, it can contract, but it can't stay still. There was a theory proposed maybe about 50 years ago, the Steady State Theory, which said the opposite, that the universe was in a "steady state", always has been, always will be. It was a real popular theory, but, like so many convenient theories, wrong.
2006-08-07 05:25:05
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answered by Anonymous
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Stationary relative to what? All movement is relative. It does not matter if something hits you at 100 mph or you hit something going 100 mph the physics is the same. Not only that for the same situation there is not one point of view of these two that is preferable from the physics point of view.
Current observation of the universe suggests that all the galaxies are spreading out more or less uniformly, like dots on an expanding balloon spread and stretch and move away from each other. From any one dots point of view the other dots are all moving away from it. The closer dots moving slower the farther dots moving away faster.
2006-08-07 05:00:20
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answered by georgephysics13 3
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The best analogy I've ever seen concerning the motion of objects in our universe: Put little ink dots on a round balloon and blow it up slowly - if you watch ANY one dot on the balloon, it will appear to be stationary while all the other dots are moving further away from it. Any small imaginary creature on any particular dot would naturally assume he was stationary and all of the other dots were speeding away from him in all directions - he must therefore conclude that he is at the center of the universe.
2006-08-07 05:10:24
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answered by LeAnne 7
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The parameters that look in Hubble’s legislation: velocities and distances, aren't instantly measured. In truth we check, say, a supernova brightness, which supplies know-how approximately its distance, and the redshift z = ??/? of its spectrum of radiation. Hubble correlated brightness and parameter z. Combining his measurements of galaxy distances with Vesto Slipher and Milton Humason's measurements of the redshifts related to the galaxies, Hubble found out a hard proportionality among redshift of an item and its distance. Though there used to be abundant scatter (referred to now to be triggered through odd velocities – the 'Hubble waft' is used to consult the vicinity of house a long way ample out that the recession pace is bigger than regional odd velocities), Hubble used to be equipped to plan a fashion line from the forty six galaxies he studied and acquire a significance for the Hubble consistent of 500 km/s/Mpc (a lot greater than the presently authorized significance as a result of mistakes in his distance calibrations). (See cosmic distance ladder for main points.) At the time of discovery and progress of Hubble’s legislation it used to be applicable to give an explanation for redshift phenomenon as a Doppler shift within the context of distinct relativity, and use the Doppler system to partner redshift z with pace. Today the pace-distance courting of Hubble's legislation is considered as a theoretical outcome with pace to be attached with discovered redshift now not through the Doppler end result, however through a cosmological mannequin concerning recessional pace to the growth of the universe. Even for small z the pace getting into the Hubble legislation is not interpreted as a Doppler end result, despite the fact that at small z the pace-redshift relation for each interpretations is the identical.
2016-08-28 11:26:49
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answered by ? 4
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The whole universe is expanding and rotating. There are no stationary bodies in the universe.
2006-08-07 05:04:46
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answered by leadfoot126 4
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