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If it takes 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach earth as measured from earth and if you could ride a beam of light from the sun to the earth and time it would it take fewer minutes?
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∙ 10y ago
First, any object with mass (which includes you and me) cannot actually travel at the
speed of light. But you can get very close, in principle. However, assuming you were
moving very, very close to the speed of light, the time you experienced on board your
ship would be exceedingly short. From the perspective of a photon itself, the trip time is
exactly zero.
The theory of Special Relativity gives us a way to calculate the trip time, and the equation
includes a multiplier called the Lorentz Factor, which comes out to zero for the velocity of light.
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If you and your brother are both wearing wrist watches, and you go flying past him ... the
speed doesn't matter ... and as you pass him you both look at each others' watches, then
you'll say that your brother's watch is running slow, and your brother will say that YOUR
watch is running slow. You'll both be correct, and the faster you fly past him, the slower
each of you will see the other's watch running.
If it were possible for you to sail past him at the speed of light, then he would say that
your watch has stopped, and you would say that HIS watch has stopped. Just as at
any other speed, you would both be correct.
I know it doesn't make sense, but it happens to be true. It's been observed thousands of
times over the past hundred years or so. And a correction for it is built into the GPS system,
to correct the clocks for the speed of the satellites. Otherwise GPS would give flaky and
wrong results.
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Does the moon have more craters than earth?
No. Earth has far fewer craters. Most that once existed on Earth have been eroded, buried, or otherwise destroyed by geologic activity.
Why are there fewer large impact craters on the Earth's seafloor than on the continents?
The seafloor crust is younger than the continental crust.
Why do you think earths surface has fewer craters than the surface than moon does?
Basically, the atmosphere protects the earth to a great degree and the geological process always going on in and on the earth cover and change many crater sites.
Eventually all the energy that reaches the earth's surface is?
Radiated away as heat. If the Earth lost energy constantly, it would eventually freeze; if it gained energy constantly, it would eventually boil. The Earth has an energy balance; equal amounts of energy are absorbed by the Earth as sunlight as are radiated away as heat. If the Earth were to become too warm, more clouds would form, reflecting light away and causing the Earth to cool down. If the Earth were to get too cold, fewer clouds would form, allowing more heat and light in. However, over the past few million years, the Earth has had more ice ages than moderate periods.
Is the northern hemisphere closer to the sun in the summer?
yes because the northern hemisphere is more winter than the sothern NO. The earth's orbit is eliptical. Earth is closer in winter, but the tilt of the earth on its axis creates less effective heating due to a greater slant of the rays hitting the northern hemisphere but an even greater effect is that the amount of day time changes from a maximum of about 14 hours in summer to a minimum of about 10 hours in winter. Fewer hours for the sun to warm the earth during winter.
Are there more or fewer than one million minutes a year?
Fewer... There are 525,600 minutes in a 365 day year.
Which plant has fewer satellites earth or Uranus?
i meant planet Earth has fewer because Earth has only 1 satellite and Uranus has 27 satellites.
Which planet has fewer hours in a day than Earth?
Four planets hold this distinction: Jupiter (9 hours, 55 minutes) Saturn (10 hours, 33 minutes) Uranus (17 hours, 14 minutes) Neptune (16 hours, 6 minutes)
What are planets good for?
LIFE. Also that many fewer asteroids floating around that could slam into earth and end all life.
Are there fewer insects on earth than there are molluscs?
There are not fewer insects on Earth than mollusks but rather the opposite is true. Due to their small size, there are an estimated 10 quintillion insects living on Earth at any given time.
Can You give me a sentence using fewer and less?
She had fewer apples than the day before, and less time to bake a pie.
What are the changes when you go through the atmosphere?
Although there are many gas molecules that surround you on Earth,there are fewer and fewer gas molecules in the air as you move away from Earth's surface. so, as altitude increases, air pressure decreases.
Why temperature falls as you go higher?
the earth gives off much heat. as you ascend higher into the atmosphere, there is less heat from the earth, and fewer UV.
Does the moon have more craters than earth?
No. Earth has far fewer craters. Most that once existed on Earth have been eroded, buried, or otherwise destroyed by geologic activity.
Why death rate is a factor that affecting the population growth?
The higher the death rate is, the fewer people there are on the Earth.
What alkaline earth metal has fewer protons than bromine but more protons than sulfur?
potassium
Why does the earth have fewer meteorite impact?
They are less common because most meteors burn up entirely before they get a chance to strike the earth and become meteorites.
