Agree or no?
As object approaches speed of light it produces its own gravitational pull in the opposite direction of travel. Its mass doesn't change with velocity but creates more gravitational drag as speed increases.
2006-10-13 21:17:57 · 3 answers · asked by aorton27 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, as Einstein showed, energy has mass, so if you give an object kinetic energy by making it go fast, you increase its mass, and its gravitational pull increases. But you'd need to accelerate it to very close to the speed of light to get a noticeable increase in gravitational field. Like, you'd need to fire a bullet at more than 99.999999999% of the speed of light before you could measure it's gravitational field.
2006-10-13 21:33:14 · answer #1 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All objects create their own gravity. An object approaching lightspeed would increase in mass, so it's gravity would also increase. There's no such thing as gravitational direction.
2006-10-14 16:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's mass will decrease because of it's speed
2006-10-14 08:18:10 · answer #3 · answered by bprice215 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋