The speed of light depends on the refractive index (optical density) of the medium through which it travels. It is not affected by temperature.
A fraction of the speed of light can range from 0 to just under 1. For example, half the speed of light would be 0.5c, a quarter would be 0.25c, and so on. The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792 kilometers per second.
The speed of light changes when it goes from one medium to another one with a different index of refraction. The angle of incidence doesn't influence the change in speed.
At a latitude of 60 degrees north, you would be rotating with the Earth at a speed of about 483 meters per second. This is because the speed of rotation of the Earth decreases with increasing latitude, but at that specific latitude, that would be the approximate speed.
It is technically impossible to accelerate to the speed of light. That would require an infinite amount of energy. However, based on a simple, linear equation: Going from 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds is an average acceleration of about 6.38 m/s2. The speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. This gives us a result of about 46,943,164 seconds, or 1yr 178da1hr46min. (rounded)
When traveling at the speed of sound, you would feel 0 g's because you would be in free fall, experiencing weightlessness. This is because you are falling at the same rate as the surrounding air, creating neutral buoyancy.
The speed of light depends mainly on what light is traveling through. The speed of light in a vacuum is 300,000 kilometers per second. The speed of light in other substances can be a little slower, and sometimes a lot slower.
The speed of light in air at 0 degrees Celsius is about 299,702,547 meters per second. This speed can vary slightly depending on factors such as air density and composition.
0. "Constant speed" means it is not accelerating.
The speed of light has nothing to do with the temperature of the vacuum. It is c = 299 792 458 meters per second. The speed of sound has much to do with the temperature of the air. At 0 degrees Celsius the speed of sound in dry air is c = 331.29 meters per second.
A fraction of the speed of light can range from 0 to just under 1. For example, half the speed of light would be 0.5c, a quarter would be 0.25c, and so on. The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792 kilometers per second.
Zero (0) light cannot pass through opaque materials.
Its not infinity speed, when you got with the same speed as light moving away from the object your watching, than time will appear to be stop-ed (it isn't, it only looks like it). When you go faster than light time Will appear to go backward (2x the speed of light = same speed backward). You can see light speed as 1 (normal) if you travel the same speed as light it is 1 -1(your speed) and is 0. If you would travel 5x the speed of light it would be 1 -5(your speed) and will result in -4 so things would appear to go backward with 4x the speed. A picture is just a moment captured on a piece of paper (just how it was like when it was taken). it doesn't move, its not traveling with infinity speed. light bounces off that object into your eye's and that's why you see it how it is.
Yes, it is possible for the speed to be 0 while the acceleration is non-zero. This occurs when the object is momentarily at rest (speed is zero) while still experiencing acceleration due to a change in its velocity.
Since the Shuttle at liftoff is traveling at 0 mph, and at orbit is traveling at 17,180 mph, a simple average would be [ (17,180+0) / 2 ] = 8,590 mph.
Between 0 and 150m 5s.
When light passes perpendicularly from a rarer medium to a denser medium, there is no change in the speed of light. Since refraction occurs due to the change in speed, the absence of speed change in this case results in no bending of the light ray.
from a purely mathematical stand point, if something were to reach the speed of light the time dialation/length contraction formula would yield something over 0. This is beacuse the formula is: constant/[(1-(velocity/speed of light)^2] as you can see, if velocity=speed of light, you get something over zero.