2006-06-13 13:06:33 · 8 answers · asked by homer_bundy549 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
From the prospective of photon of light it will take a light year to travel a light year. Light travel with speed of light no matter what the reference frame is. So, even though light is traveling, to that light other light is traveling with speed of light. Confused? Blame Einstein.
2006-06-13 13:13:11 · answer #1 · answered by organicchem 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to special relativity as an object approachs the speed of light its clock slows down. To a photon it is always the same time. So from the point of view of a photon ( if such a thing was possible, really we are talking about a limiting case here ) it would be the same time. when it started the journey as when it ended. It would take no time at all.
2006-06-14 16:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the perspective of a photon, it takes no time at all for it to travel what we would measure as a light-year.
2006-06-13 20:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by Amarkov 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By definition a photon which is a light particle will take a year to travel a light year!
2006-06-13 20:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by dcg 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if time slows as you reach the speed of light, it would seem instantaneous.
2006-06-13 20:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by mad_mav70 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No time at all.
2006-06-13 20:10:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
one year
2006-06-13 22:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by foreverall 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
365.25 days
2006-06-13 22:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by mapman777 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋