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Re: [time-nuts] Q/noise of Earth as an oscillator

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Hal Murray
Mon, Aug 1, 2016 4:00 AM

As I pointed out, what's the difference between an inertial body moving in a
straight line and a rotating body?

The rotating body has a natural unit of time so there is a convenient way to
make Q dimensionless.

For linear motion, the natural unit of decay would be the time constant.

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time@radio.sent.com said: > As I pointed out, what's the difference between an inertial body moving in a > straight line and a rotating body? The rotating body has a natural unit of time so there is a convenient way to make Q dimensionless. For linear motion, the natural unit of decay would be the time constant. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.