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Does that mean Harry can't use it (becuse there is no universal reference frame) or he can use it in all sorts of munchkiny ways (I stop the car ... relative to the moon!)
Well, for one thing, he's not powerful enough to cast it period, but if he were, I expect it would only work on near / nearest masses.
That requires original research, like partial transfiguration.
That's what I had in mind, yes.
Original research is dangerous. This original research in particular seems dangerous.
Now I come to think, he would probably just conclude it uses Earth as a reference frame, just as broomsticks use Aristotelian physics and transfiguration uses form/substance duality.