can you please explain this for me?
thank you.
2007-02-28 13:05:29 · 1 answers · asked by cybernetic2024 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The complicated answer can be found in the source below. The simple answer is that, by experiment, the speed of light does not vary when measured by different observers who are moving with respect to each other. The effects seen by each observer vary with the fraction of the speed of light they are traveling. Therefore, if a person does measurements from location A and wants to transform those to a system B which is moving or accelerating with respect to A, the mathematics is more complicated than simply adding the speed of B to the measurements as we do on earth for a moving car and a fired gun. The Lorentz transformations are that math.
With an atomic clock in orbit around the earth we can actually measure the effects being allowed for because the clock is so accurate even though its speed is a small fraction of the speed of light.
2007-02-28 19:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋