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Like a very, very, very slow thing. Mach 2 (in air at sea level) is approximately 2 millionths of the speed of light.

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Can you see the stars if you travel at light speed?

No, you wouldn't be able to see the stars if you were traveling at the speed of light. Due to the effects of special relativity, time slows down as you approach the speed of light, causing everything outside your perspective to be distorted and appear different.


Can Matter be transported at speed of light?

It depends on how you look at matter. For example, photons are what is known as the particles of light, so imagine light being a stream of particles. These will travel at the speed of light within a vacuum. As of yet we have not achieved, and are nowhere near getting large matter like a person to travel anywhere near that speed.


Why was measuring the speed of light so important in deciding whether light was a wave or particle?

The speed of light was predicted, by the English physicist and mathematician James Maxwell, before it was measured. His work showed that electric and magnetic fields could combine to form electromagnetic waves, and his wave equation showed what their speed would be. Other physicists soon succeeded in creating electromagnetic waves in the laboratory, and detecting them all the way across the room. It was suggested that light might also be an electromagnetic wave. One way to settle the question would be to measure its speed, and see whether it was anywhere near the speed predicted by Maxwell's electromagnetic wave equations. All of that has nothing to do with the wave/particle duality of light. There's no decision to make, because light is both. If you design an experiment to look for wave behavior, light has it. And if you design an experiment to look for particle behavior, light has that too.


Minimum speed of light passes through?

GlassIn naturally occurring media the slowest speed occurs in diamond at well under half c. Look up its refractive index, it is the highest.


What is the velocity of violet light?

Have you ever heard of "The Speed of Light" ? Have you ever wondered why it's just a number, and it doesn't say anything about the color of the light ? The speed of all colors of light is the same, as long as they're all moving through the same substance. It's the number called the "Speed of Light", which you should be able to look up quite easily.

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How fast is mach 1000?

Mach 10 is equivalent to 3,402.9 meters per second. It is about 7,000 miles per hour. At Mach 10, an aircraft could circumnavigate the earth in less than four hours. The Mach number is a measure of how fast an object is travelling relative to the speed of sound. The Mach number is calculated by dividing the speed of an object by the speed of sound. Speed of sound is about 760mph


What the speed of sound in air?

Technically, the speed of sound in air is known as Mach numbers, Mach 1, Mach 3 and so on. These do not correspond with kph (or mph), for the Mach number is related to the speed of sound in that atmosphere.The speed of sound drops as the altitude increases, for the molecules are farther apart. So a plane will have to travel less km/h at 20 000m (295m/s) than at sea level (340 m/s) for Mach 1.If you look up speed of sound in wikipedia, you'll find a nice pic of a plane breaking the sound barrier.


Can you see the stars if you travel at light speed?

No, you wouldn't be able to see the stars if you were traveling at the speed of light. Due to the effects of special relativity, time slows down as you approach the speed of light, causing everything outside your perspective to be distorted and appear different.


Does a person look taller or shorter if you're moving at the speed of light?

If ur moving at the speed of light the person looks shorter because your going so fast it looks like the person is streched out


What does the speed triangle look like?

Distance Speed Time


Does the auroras look like poles of light curtains of light branches of light or planets of light?

Auroras looks like the poles of light curtains. It does not look like light branches of light or planets of light.


What should it look like inside an alcubierre warp bubble?

A football-shaped star-ship for effective speed faster than light.


What does the service light look like?

a light


What is the quickest plane?

NASA - Hypersonic X-43A look it up i can go Mach 10 or near it did mach 9.6


Can Matter be transported at speed of light?

It depends on how you look at matter. For example, photons are what is known as the particles of light, so imagine light being a stream of particles. These will travel at the speed of light within a vacuum. As of yet we have not achieved, and are nowhere near getting large matter like a person to travel anywhere near that speed.


Where can one buy a Mustang Mach 1?

A Mustang Mach 1 can be purchased in a number of different places. Carsforsale, eBay, and Motortrend, are just a few of the places that you can look for a Mustang Mach 1. There are also hot rod magazines that have a classified area for people to buy and sell cars like this.


Does the auroras look like poles of light curtains of light branches of light or planets of light in the night sky?

The auroras look like poles of light curtains in the night sky and not like the light branches of light or the planets of light.