2007-03-08 00:32:20 · 7 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
They aren't moving compared to what? Themselves? There is no such thing as "not in motion" because there is no universal unmoving reference frame.
And mass is not dependent on motion. Period. Mass is a property of matter. Mass in a gravitational field has weight, which is absent in free-fall like in space; but the mass is still there.
2007-03-08 00:36:27 · answer #1 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newton's first law says a mass at rest will remain at rest and a mass in motion will continue in motion at the same speed and in the same direction. Either of those conditions can only be changed by the action of a force. So it does not matter at all if the mass is moving or not, it still has the same mass.
2007-03-08 00:59:35 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobel Prize winnder, Dr Richard P. Feynman, in his six easy pieces lecture series said it simply: If any particle of matter stopped moving completely you would know it's position and its vector...and it would therefor not be able to exist.
When you follow the math (the only true language of physics), anything that stops moving simply isn't there. That violates other laws of Physics so even though a "0" can be placed in the equations, it's just not possible in reality.
2007-03-08 00:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rest mass is an intrinsic property of a particle, and is constant wherever it is and whatever it's doing. The only time the rest mass changes is when it decays into a different particle.
2007-03-08 01:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer too particular in this one myself, yet think of of light extra as a wavelength than a actual merchandise. it particularly is an potential and an potential on my own; photons are not bodily there, somewhat than they're the potential of light. Does that style of make experience? :S think of of it this form. Is warmth a mass? No, whether it exists. in simple terms as a effect of potential being absorbed by skill of debris. debris in simple terms replicate or take in (and so on.) easy whilst latest.
2016-11-23 15:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever thought about taking a physics course (or two) so that these concepts will become more familiar to you?
Doug
2007-03-08 01:18:22 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing in space that does not move.
2007-03-08 03:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋