Qstnid -A-1-galileo Was Punished By The Church For Teaching That The Sun Is Stationary And The Earth Moves Around It. His Opponents Held The View That The Earth Is Stationary And The Sun Moves Around It. If The Absolute Motion Has No Meaning, Are The Two Viewpoints Not Equally Correct Or Equally Wrong? - 03: Rest And Motion: Kinematics

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Galileo was punished by the Church for teaching that the sun is stationary and the earth moves around it. His opponents held the view that the earth is stationary and the sun moves around it. If the absolute motion has no meaning, are the two viewpoints not equally correct or equally wrong?
Ans : The absolute motion has no meaning. In the relative motion view, the two viewpoints are the same. Hence, both viewpoints are equally correct or equally wrong.