Re: Cosmic Background Radiation

David...
Please read the initial thought experiment, then I would be pleased if
you can offer an explanation.
The 20,000km/sec is just a number. It can be any velocity you like:
make it 2,000km/sec if you like. It is just a thought experiment to get
a handle on the physics involved.


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Dear jmetolius:

"jmetolius" <jmetolius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you Scott. Would you mind if I ask a few
further questions? While I'm sure you are correct,
could you (or anyone else) offer a more detailed
explanation of why ' that motion is unimportant
once the astronaut reaches the surface of the
planet' .

Are you asking why the red/blue shift with respect to the CMB is
unimportant?

I'm still missing something here. At what point
does the astronaut stop experiencing the
CMB being blue shifted in their direction of travel?

When they are at rest with respect to it.

I understand that, to catch up with the
receding planet, the theoretical astronaut
must accelerate to a greater speed (relative
to Earth), and then eventually to decelerate
before landing, but the deceleration will still
leave them traveling at 20,000 km/sec
relative to earth after they have landed, so
why wouldn't they be experiencing a blue
shifted CMB?

Lets get a minor detail handled. The Earth is moving wrt the
CMBR (and the average population of observable objects) with a
speed of only about 300 km/sec. So "20,000" is a little high for
your proposed planet to be at rest wrt the CMBR.

They will see the CMBR at the same temperature in all directions
when they are at rest wrt to it. So even orbitting a star or a
galactic center could be a problem.

And now, why do you think it would be important whether or not
this planet is at rest?

David A. Smith

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