
Originally Posted by
m1cojakle
Scenario: There are two motionless and solid (pure solid - no gapes even on sub-atomic level and lower) bodies of matter, of equal size and shape (perfectly spherical in this case), within a hypothetical empty universe (other than these two objects).
Question: Will these two objects have the property gravity, and in turn attract each other once the scenario is initiated and they are of some distance apart? Remember, they are initially motionless.
P.S. if i am missing some variable within this hypothetical please let me know.
thx in advance
There is truly no such entity as motion or a physical solid object. However, if you had an object and nothing else you would have an object in space because space is that 'nothing else'. At least that is where experimental evidence points towards. Unless space has kind of an aether that has very unusual properties.
When there is only one object motion is meaningless. The object still emits light at the velocity of C. So if you can imagine if the object moved, even though it would be impossible to tell, the light would still be emitted at C.
As soon as you include the second object, the first stage to relative meaning begins.
The objects would be more likely to be attracted or repelled due to electrical charge then the actual force of gravity. However, for the sake of your scenario, gravity - as the mainstream successful theories explain - would attract the objects.
but like I said there is no such thing as an object anyway like we think their is objects. Objects are only a mental construct formed out of compound events. We paint the world with shape, texture, color, and things like this, all sorts of things that have very little meaning or application at an atomic scale.
From what I understand science knows, I would say, we most likely do not know enough about gravity as it is right now in order to answer your question to a full satisfaction.