the planet, how would that look like to an planet-based observer? Would the nose simply finish over the horizon or would the nose appear to curve up into space?
2007-12-16 06:50:40 · 12 answers · asked by wodvamp 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
curve. due to Einstein's theory of relativity.
the tip of the nose would be moving faster (covering more distance) than his body . so it would travel in time slower than the rest of him.
(lets say there IS gravity) also it would be existing in a lower gravity area than the rest of him which will alter the way time flows for the tip of the nose as well.
2007-12-16 09:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean, "If a straight line was drawn starting here and going far out into space, would it still appear straight?"
Yes.
Edit: this actually gets to be an interesting question once one gets past the Pinocchio premise. Any straight line projected into space will appear to have an end at some point on the celestial sphere, and I believe, would seem absolutely straight, no matter how long it is. Even if it is infinite.
The reason? The greater the distance, the more the line is foreshortened by perspective. The infinite line would appear to have an end point at some celestial coordinate because of being foreshortened.
It's like imagining a point that moves toward a wall, decelerating in such a way that every second it moves half the remaining distance. It will take an infinite number of steps to reach the wall, IOW, it will never get there. But the wall IS an easily defined limit of that sequence.
2007-12-16 15:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by Brant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If there was NO gravity, how is he still on Earth? What holds him down with NO gravity? The sun wouldn't hold isn't going to hold us enough. I think you would mean a LOW gravity. Even the moon has some pull. So with NO gravity he would be in space and dead from a lack of breathable oxygen.
2007-12-16 15:01:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there was no gravity, unless Pinocchio was wearing gravity boots, he'd be floating off in space and would spear the moon on that lying nose of his.
2007-12-16 14:59:28 · answer #4 · answered by Kayleigh Q 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would probably curve because the fabric of the universe is spacetime, which is curved.
2007-12-16 14:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a better question. Does he pick his nose and do the boogers create asteroids?
2007-12-16 15:00:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As much as you could see it, it would look straight. I'd say it would not be visible very far due to being so small.
2007-12-18 03:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would curve up into space....
2007-12-16 14:53:31 · answer #8 · answered by i_hate_nicknames 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would go over the harizon and strait into space
2007-12-16 14:55:36 · answer #9 · answered by NeoAxel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Next question.
2007-12-16 14:55:13 · answer #10 · answered by Mark 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋