Re: Speed of Light
"jillbones" <b92057@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|A vessel 300,000,000 meters wide is traveling at near light speed. >
| .99 c
| Would the time required for a photon to travel from one side of the
| ship to the other side be ;
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| (1) One second according to the ship's clock? or
| (2) One second according to a clock on Earth? or
| (3) One second according to both clocks? or
| (4) Some arbitrary time not related to the nominal speed of light?
|
| regards;
|
| Bill J
3) by real physics.
It depends in the ship's direction wrt Earth (which you haven't stated)
and the direction of the photon (which you haven't stated) for cuckoo
physics.
http://www.androcles01.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Rocket/Rocket.htm
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