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But this is the point. There are several members here who are qualified to determine whether the video was wrong or if you...
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Later in the thread I amended the scenario so that the probe launches occur when the two ships measure an agreed upon distance between...
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Thanks, and the diagram with accompanying explanation of it you provided is really helpful. I've downloaded a screenshot of your comment...
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The important thing to remember about Minkowski diagrams is that the "length" you're measuring is ##\sqrt{c^2\Delta t^2-\Delta x^2}##...
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Here's the promised diagram. It's a Minkowski diagram, also called a spacetime diagram. You may have come across displacement-time...
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Thanks pervect, I'll read up about relative simultaneity some more. I don't think the video was wrong I probably just misunderstood it...
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This is a valid (and IMO good) way of looking at things, but a reference to your source would be helpful to settle any fine details...
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I'm not insisting on anything, this is just the scenario that popped in my head after learning of the odometer analogy. I get that...
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I appreciate everyone trying to help me, I'm a bit overwhelmed as I'm twenty years removed from any algebra or geometry lessons and it...
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(Later! Not late lol.)Well once they sync their clocks, I'm assuming as long as the probes are launched at the same clock reading it...
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Sorry I tried to clarify in an edit but you started responding before I made it. So if the ships and probes all sync at the passing...
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I don't know what you mean by "horizontal motion". The easiest way to see the result is to think in the frame where the ships have...
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I'm trying to find it again, I must not have been logged in on YouTube because I'm not seeing it in my history. Hmm, I'm afraid I...
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Hey again physics forums! I'm just a lug who likes watching science videos and appreciates the occasional answer to questions that pop...
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