Submitted by starfyredragon t3_zmt3lg in askscience
wasmic t1_j0g22v9 wrote
Reply to comment by Quartersharp in Does rotation break relativity? by starfyredragon
No. There's no work being done from the rotation itself, if the object is perfectly rigid. Of course, in the ideal case there is work being done due to tiny stretches all over the place, but that should all cancel out because it both stretches and contracts to keep the same shape. With no overall radial motion coaxial with the force, there is no work being done.
Also, a spinning sphere, or a cylinder spinning around its own axis, will not emit gravitational waves. But something like a rotating cog would emit gravitational waves.
Putnam3145 t1_j0g7zxw wrote
A perfectly rigid object has a faster-than-light speed of sound, among other problems, and is thus unphysical
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