Re: Quiz

On Dec 30, 12:44 am, "Simple Simon" <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
According to the solution *** for MIT's OpenCourseWare Physics 8.003,
October 2006 Quiz 1 Question 1.e.E , the following statement is true:

A ping-pong ball moving near the speed of light still looks spherical.TRUE /
FALSE (circle one).http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/17B4BD2F-8932-49D2-9C7B-D1D2315965C9/...

when in fact it is measured to be an ellipsoid, according to Einstein:
"A rigid body which, measured in a state of rest, has the form of a sphere,
therefore has in a state of motion--viewed from the stationary system--the
form of an ellipsoid"http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/

What am I missing?

The direction of movement with respect to the observer is not
explained.
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