Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984cemec..34...11e&link_type=abstract
(Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung of Austria, Alexander von Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics: The Stab
Physics
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Inertial Reference Systems, Newton Theory, Relativity, Solar System, Approximation, Celestial Mechanics, Earth-Moon System, Ecliptic
Scientific paper
It is pointed out that within the framework of Newtonian mechanics the concept of an inertial frame of reference is global, but within the framework of general relativity only local. It is further pointed out that none of the practically determined approximations to an inertial frame of reference (e.g., the dynamical reference frame of celestial mechanics, the FK5) must be regarded as a definition of an inertial system itself. The zero longitude direction of the equatorial coordinate system is critiqued, and because a rigorous conceptual definition of the ecliptic is impossible, it is suggested to specify the intersection of the invariable plane with the equator as the direction of longitude zero.
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