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TheScienceOrca
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Hello, I thought of something after watching this video on the theory of relativity.
It says "it is impossible to tell which object is moving"
Well I have now thought of a scenario where it would be possible.
We can observe and measure the delta in speeds of the two masses as they pass by but that won't tell us which one is moving.
But I have thought of special cases where you WOULD be able to tell which seems strange.
If you were on a rocket in an imaginary universe going .5c + 1m/s and another mass was going .5c + 1m/s towards you, you could measure the delta speeds as c + 2 m/s
Since no mass can travel faster than the speed of light. Both masses most be moving.
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It says "it is impossible to tell which object is moving"
Well I have now thought of a scenario where it would be possible.
We can observe and measure the delta in speeds of the two masses as they pass by but that won't tell us which one is moving.
But I have thought of special cases where you WOULD be able to tell which seems strange.
If you were on a rocket in an imaginary universe going .5c + 1m/s and another mass was going .5c + 1m/s towards you, you could measure the delta speeds as c + 2 m/s
Since no mass can travel faster than the speed of light. Both masses most be moving.
Please share your feedback
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