 | | Re: Relativity Question —James Brown
| | | | (...) I dunno. Who is undergoing the acceleration? ;) James (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Relativity Question —Kyle McDonald
| | | | | Hi. | | Let's see what I can remember. | |> > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:41:38PM +0000, Jude Beaudin wrote: |> > > Let me rephrase the question: |> > > If a man travels on a ship away from earth for 5 light years at .5c, |> > > then returns to earth (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Relativity Question —Kyle McDonald
| | | | | (...) Using this formula someone else posted: T = t/(sqrt(1-(v/C)^2)) The amount of time experienced by the twin that stays behind would be 26.67 Years. This sounds right. The longer he was gone, and/or the closer to the speed of light (C) that he (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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