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Would two asteroids tied together with string and rotating around each other in an empty Universe generate centrifugal force?

Asked by flutherother (34557points) November 27th, 2011

If the universe is empty how would we know the two asteroids were spinning if there was nothing to compare their motions to? I think Isaac Newton first thought of this conundrum.

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