it is called a javelin or a lance
Due to relativistic effects at such high speeds, the meter stick would appear significantly shorter along its direction of motion due to length contraction. At 99.5% of the speed of light, the meter stick would appear much shorter than its original length.
Just divide the speed of light by the distance.
That's the approximate length of a light-year - the distance that light travels in a year.
The speed of light is 300,000 km/second. If you divide the distance by this speed of light, you get the time in seconds: 1.28.
A lightyear is the distance that light can travel in one year.
Spear
First she worked down some sea elephant teeth into the head of the spear using a barbed point. She then made a ring and faastened it to the end of the shaft, and into this ring fitted the head, witch was tied to a long string made of braided sinew. When the spear was thrown and struck the devilfish, the head came loose from the shaft. The shaft floated on the water, but the pointed barb was held by the string witch was tied was tied to her wrist. This spear was especially good because it could be thrown from a distance.
There is more force behind the egg thrown further distance than the egg thrown from small distance. That and gravity acceleration.
It's called a Javillon. (If it has a sharp edge on it)
Light travels a distance of one light year in one year.
No, the assegai spear is your typical long spear used for throwing. Where the iklwa is a long bladed short spear used with a shield for close combat.
Yes, Tero Pitamaki threw around 90m in comp, it hit a man near the long jump, its on you tube! Pretty painful.
A sledgehammer is long heavy hammer. Not sure what the hammer thrown at the Olympics is called, but a a javelin is a metal tipped spear used for field competitions at the Olympics.
Offensive weapons in use at this time can be divided into three categories according to their range. Short-range weapons were used in hand-to-hand combat and included the sword or dagger and the spear. Medium-range weapons were designed to be thrown at enemies a short distance away. Occasionally spears were light enough to be thrown, but the shorter and lighter javelin was better suited for throwing. Long-range weapons could be thrown or fired at an enemy further away. Examples of long-range weapons include the sling, used to hurl stones, and the bow, for propelling arrows. On the other hand, many other objects served as weapons when nothing better was available.
Offensive weapons in use at this time can be divided into three categories according to their range. Short-range weapons were used in hand-to-hand combat and included the sword or dagger and the spear. Medium-range weapons were designed to be thrown at enemies a short distance away. Occasionally spears were light enough to be thrown, but the shorter and lighter javelin was better suited for throwing. Long-range weapons could be thrown or fired at an enemy further away. Examples of long-range weapons include the sling, used to hurl stones, and the bow, for propelling arrows. On the other hand, many other objects served as weapons when nothing better was available.
Naturally the ball in space will travel the longest distance as long as it does not bump into something along the way. Gravity on earth will cause the ball thrown to fall back to earth.
40 light years is equivalent to a distance of about 235 trillion miles.