If you could travel at the speed of light around the earth, what time would it be when you got back to your starting point?
2007-04-24 02:43:40 · 8 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The theory is that if you go clockwise , less than a second will have passed, but if you go the other way, you will have to live that moment over again. I don`t fully agree with these theory`s, I think it would just be a damn quick trip.
2007-04-24 06:35:44 · answer #1 · answered by Dan N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c=186,282.39 mps (speed of light)
around the earth (circumference) is 24,000 miles.
Given you can travel speed of light
Given you have a spaceship that can maintain constant downward pitch and fly to follow the curve of the earth.
Given you can live to do this.
Time needed is negligable, less than a second.
2007-04-24 23:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed of light = 3x10^8 ms-1
Earth distance = 40,000,000 m
So it would take 0.13 of a second.
But we can't travel at the speed of light so that's not a problem.
2007-04-24 09:51:32 · answer #3 · answered by blastedsand 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The human body could not withstand that velocity. I have tried and I have erectile disfunction now. So just take your time and take an airplane. Watch a movie and crank a rope or two out. Oh, and it made me lose 13 years of my life. I'm a bit pissed about that.
Lowe
2007-04-24 12:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by Lowe 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would take about .17 seconds.
2007-04-24 09:50:34 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same time as I left.
2007-04-24 09:49:08 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would go into a infinitely higher orbit, and never return.
2007-04-24 17:48:02 · answer #7 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time for your funeral.
2007-04-24 09:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋