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Use correct fluid velocity in time extrapolation (Gizmo).

Yolan Uyttenhove requested to merge cherry-pick-3970804b into master

(cherry picked from commit 3970804b)

I think there is a mistake in the time extrapolation of the primitive quantities in the Gimzo and moving mesh hydro schemes. Just using the fluid velocity to calculate the time extrapolations from the spatial gradient violates Galilean invariance (pretty dramatically for very high bulk velocities). I think we should use the fluid velocity in the rest frame of the particle instead.

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