Re: Quiz

"Dono" <sa_ge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Dec 30, 2:59 am, "Jeckyl" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.


Wrong, the correct answer is : TRUE.

Yes .. I agreed, once the word 'look' was pointed out (as in the illusion
you get when you physically see it, because when an object is moving there
is an illusion that it appears to twist so as to reveal more of the
'backside' of the object). Of course, if the sphere has some markings on
it, you would see it appear spherical, but also rotated somewhat


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