Two photons... relative distance question
- From: "Curious" <anthonyroseuk-curious@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 May 2005 10:26:22 -0700
Consider Inertial Frame of Reference #1: 2 photons are travelling
towards each other along the X-axis. Photon A is at position zero on
the X-axis, and photon B is 1.5 light-seconds away:
FoR#2:
-> <-
A........449688687 meters..........B
O1
Now consider the situation from Inertial Frame of Reference #2, in
which the axes are the same as FoR#1 and photon A is also at position
zero on the X-axis, but the observer, at rest in FoR#2, is travelling
at 0.5c relative to FoR#1, in the same direction as photon A:
FoR#1:
-> <-
A........X meters..........B
O2 (-> at 0.5c relative to O1)
Question 1: Is this scenario possible? (or have I misunderstood
concepts in the theory of relativity?)
Question 2: Where is photon B in FoR#2? (i.e., what is the distance
between A and B in FoR#2)?
.
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