Relativity and Cosmology

   

Observer-Dependent Rotation in Accelerated Motion: Philosophical Insights on Terrell-Penrose Rotation, Thomas Precession, and the Impossibility of Static Black Holes

Authors: Gabriel Brennan

This conceptual paper explores the subtle and intertwined phenomena of Terrell Penrose rotation and Thomas precession in the context of accelerated motion toward black hole singularities. We argue that the apparent rotation induced by relativistic aberration (Terrell-Penrose rotation) couples with the intrinsic relativistic spin precession arising from non-collinear boosts (Thomas precession), yielding an effective rotational term that challenges the notion of perfectly static black holes. We propose heuristic formulas encapsulating this coupling and discuss profound implications for the ontology of spacetime, gravity, and observation. Finally, we suggest that rotation and angular momentum in black holes are fundamentally observer-dependent and emergent from relativistic effects, blurring the boundary between physical reality and perceptual illusion. While this work does not claim to present a definitive or formal theory, we argue that these ideas collectively suggest an intriguing consequence: static black holes may be incompatible with the full relativistic picture, particularly when visual and precessional effects such as Terrell-Penrose rotation are considered in conjunction with Thomas precession. By highlighting the ontological similarities between visual relativistic phenomena and geometric curvature, we explore how dynamic interpretation of spacetime may be more natural than a static one, and invite the reader to treat this as a speculative but motivated philosophical contribution.

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