obviously it wouldn't matter if it were a loud rasberry, being as the speed of light is so many times faster than the speed of sound. but what if it were a "silent but deadly", would you still smell it?
what is the speed of smell?
has anyone ever tried to measure it?
2007-12-08 14:21:13 · 9 answers · asked by biodegradable insane asylum 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
actually, i'm being a bit of both a smartass & trying to find a serious answer, my trademark!
2007-12-08 14:42:30 · update #1
To travel at the speed of light is impossible. Because according to Einstein, as you get closer to the speed of light, You will become heavier and heavier and heavier, time will slow down, and your veheicle and you would become shorter and shorter in the direction parallel to your course.
At the speed of light, time stops, you'll be infinently heavy, and you would disappear from existence. This all sounds strange, but i've studied relativity and einstein deduced all this would happen.
Oh, if what you're asking is that if you passed gas could you smell it, if you slightly below light speed then you would smell it as par normal if you are in a self-contained veheicle because the smell and you are already at the speed you are at so to you it would be as if you were standing still.
So to answer your question, it is impossible for this to happen at light speed, but below light speed, it would be as normal and you would smell it
2007-12-08 14:41:14 · answer #1 · answered by rvb_rokz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Based on the current understanding of physics, nothing with mass can travel the speed of light. However, if you are traveling very close to the speed of light, you would have the same thing that happens when you drop a wrench in a submarine--i.e. all of the traveler's "parts" go at the same speed as the traveler, in his frame of reference.
This of course assumes that you are truly interested in an answer, and are not just being a smart-aleck.
2007-12-08 14:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by Charles M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. You would be converted into energy from matter when you reached the speed of light.
Since your nose would no longer be functional, you would not smell it.
The speed of smell is however fast your nose runs.
It has no quantity, but can be measured using an estimation of the number of tissues per hour.
2007-12-08 14:31:01 · answer #3 · answered by Upright Man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically, with the concepts of space-time, time in your reference frame would stand still as you travel the speed of light, (time dilation) This means all cellular processes cease, and you do not age. This would make it impossible to pass gas, as it would require a certain amount of time for the event to occur.
2007-12-08 14:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by Jenny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You smell things through chemicals, so I imagine it would not be very fast. Probably you wouldn't smell it. Nice question, by the way.
2007-12-08 14:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by Nadia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u wouldnt hear it till you stop(if it happens to be a loud juicy 1) but u probaly will smell it instantly
2007-12-11 09:42:48 · answer #6 · answered by King Werewolf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, the speed of smell is called GASEOUS DIFFUSION....
2007-12-08 14:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you would then be travelling at the speed of death
2007-12-08 14:29:21 · answer #8 · answered by runjeterrun 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And thus, the miracle of fire was born.
2007-12-08 14:28:00 · answer #9 · answered by Emily 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋