Anchorxiety@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agoIf something could rotate infinitely after being initially pushed, would the initial push disqualify it from being classed as perpetual motion?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareIf something could rotate infinitely after being initially pushed, would the initial push disqualify it from being classed as perpetual motion?Anchorxiety@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoGiven no external influences that is actually just normal behavior. In a vaccum away from any gravitational influence or such once you push something it should keep going. Thats conservation of momentum. Air resistance and such is why things stop.
Given no external influences that is actually just normal behavior. In a vaccum away from any gravitational influence or such once you push something it should keep going. Thats conservation of momentum. Air resistance and such is why things stop.