oops: Just reread your question and I agree there is a paradox. Which body gets older, the one orbiting ore that one orbited. On 25 September 2011 17:45, Electron wrote: > > PS: sorry with Ether I mean Aether.. my ItalianEnglish has striken back := D > > >>By the way, could anybody explain this (IMHO) Relativity paradox? >> >>first of all: >>"Ether doesn't exist" =3D TRUE, relativity says. OK. >> >>now, I am in a spaceship, I orbit around the Earth at very high >>speed for a certain time, when I'm back home all other people >>(which resided on the Earth) look older than I am. Thus time in >>my spaceship was slowed, or on the Earth it was quickened. >>But relativity says that it could have been the Earth to orbit >>very quickly around my spaceship, or my spaceship around it.. >>as all is relative and NO ETHER (fixed space coordinates) EXISTS! >> >>To me this sounds very contraddictory! >> >>Is there any convincing explanation for that, that doesn't break >>neither relativity theory nor asks me to have faith in something? >> >>Cheers, >>Mario > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .