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Summary
Three cameras film a moving object. The selected camera is flashing.

This animation illustrates the terms inertia frame of reference, local frame of reference and Galilean Relativity.
Learning objectives
  • To distinguish an inertial frame from a laboratory frame
  • To introduce the notion of Galilean Relativity.
How to use the animation

Click on a screen to select a camera.

Click on   play to play the movie and   pause to stop.

Keywords
cyclist, referential, reference, coordinate, inertial, galilean, cue, translation, frame, velocity, relativity, trajectory,
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