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/...

False .. from the iFoR where it is travelling near the speed of light, and
assuming you mean it is not accelerating etc.

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/

Yes

What am I missing?

I don't know .. what ARE you missing?


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