if u could run at the speed of light,and u ran in a circle could u catch urself?
2006-10-14 02:26:40 · 15 answers · asked by paul s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I think you're really asking whether you can catch up to a ray of light.
The speed of light is constant in all reference frames. There is no way to catch up to an image. Your increased speed doesn't move you closer to the ray of light. Instead, it changes how you cut through space-time. Your new movements through space-time will change characteristic around you (like the time and space you experience) so that the light ray can still travel away from you at the speed of light even though your speed has increased.
2006-10-14 03:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you run in a circle say of radius 5m at speed of light do you have an idea of acceleration you will be subjected to?it will be around1.6*10^16m/sec^2 which will be 1.6 *10^15 g. Human beings can not stand acceleration greater than 10g. So it is an impossible situation!
2006-10-14 09:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is 3* 10 ^ 8 meters per second. if you are running at the speed of light , there would be no question of running or catching because any body with wieght , when its velocity tends towards velocity [or speed] of light , its mass becomes infinite, so there would no question of traveling at the speed of light. nothing having mass has ever reached the speed of light in history of science.
2006-10-14 09:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you were running at the speed of light,what is going to stop you from being torn apart/burnt by the atmosphere
but who says the speed of light is an absolute speed-what happens when an object is entering a black hole-the pressure /temperature must be massive-carbon units wouldn't know about it-they would evaporate immediately
2006-10-14 14:50:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to catch ourselves..v dont have to run only:P n that too at speed of light..u can easily sit or stand n catch hold of youself
NEW EXPERIMENT
try urself ;) :P
2006-10-14 09:32:54 · answer #5 · answered by ☺♥? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Notwithstanding the fact that you couldn't run at the speed of light as your mass would become infinate, you couldn't catch yourself as you would have to be running faster than yourself.
2006-10-14 09:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by tarka1606 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impossible. All parts of the whole body of a person are tightly integrated to about 0.07, 0.08m^3, and move at about the same speed.
2006-10-14 09:34:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asking the Ray of Light....
Speed of light (C)= 5,00,000 km per sec
2006-10-14 09:34:00 · answer #8 · answered by imunderveil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but you should not think too much, you will become distracted, slowdown and been run over.
2006-10-14 09:57:16 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! What a question!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. NO!!!!!!
2006-10-14 10:17:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jillybeanyweiney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋