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Will two passing bricks in empty space induce rotation in one another?

Two identical rectangular bricks with mass $m$ pass each other anti-parallel in empty space with a constant velocity $v$. Say the smallest distance between them is $s$. Assume the bricks to be aligned ...
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Does frame dragging impart momentum?

Let's say a large object (think runaway planet) passed a much smaller one. The larger object's frame dragging distorts the space inhabited by the smaller object, so that it appears to briefly follow ...
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