Suppose out in space, you have a telephone pole, that is 1 light year long. You have the means to push it 20 feet away from you.
Does the other end move immediately, or does it take some amount of time for the far end to move?
2007-05-02 12:12:58 · 5 answers · asked by quantumclaustrophobe 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, the far end will move instantly. A light year long is simply a distance ( 9.4605284 × 10to the15th meters). You push one end, the other end will love. Nothing could stop that push from carrying through.
2007-05-02 13:02:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
There's no thing that is a true solid. The pole would only move where you push at first and then that force would travel down the pole as a compression wave which would travel at the speed of sound through the pole.
2007-05-02 19:57:06 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the solidity of the item. Sometimes wood can bend a little. Notice when you lift a long wooden pole, it seems to bend just a bit.
Or a metal pole, it bows when you move it
2007-05-02 19:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by trainboy765 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A single dimensionless indivisible mass moving in space going beep beep at regular intervals and how many sides do your circle have are neat questions too
2014-04-02 03:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if it is a true solid, then the other end would move immediately.
2007-05-02 19:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by star2_watch 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋