...go around the earth, along the equator, within one second?
2006-08-15 13:46:44 · 9 answers · asked by Bob 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I'm only asking because I heard someone say it before and I just forgot. I would do the math, but I figured, since someone else already knew, than maybe one of you already knew it.
2006-08-15 13:56:10 · update #1
7.48 times.
Speed of light is 299 792 458 m/s and the equatorial circumference of Earth is 40 074 020 m.
2006-08-15 13:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7 times
2006-08-15 20:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by Brian M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't. Something moving at the speed of light, by definition, has zero mass and is subject to the laws f gravity. Only something with the gravitational pull of a black hole would be able to influence the curviture of the movement. The earth doesn't have that amount of pull, therfore it couldn't circle the earth.
2006-08-15 21:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by loudflyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the dominant scientific theory, only light can move at the speed of light and the closer an object gets to the speed of light, the more time slows down.
2006-08-15 20:52:43 · answer #4 · answered by atwil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, find the speed of light, and find the length of the equator, and do the math...
2006-08-15 20:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by RED MIST! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost seven and a half times,
2006-08-15 20:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by RG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
speed of light, 186,000 mps
equator, 24,000 miles
feel free to do the math
2006-08-15 20:51:00 · answer #7 · answered by Grundoon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing can go that fast. just divide the speed of light by the earths circumference. duh.
2006-08-15 20:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by ricky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-15 20:51:22 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋