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Has it been shown that observed length contraction that occurs due to high relativistic speeds is any different from that that appear due to the additional time it take a signal from the trailing edge of object (as opposed to the leading edge) to reach an observer? If not, then obviously a Newtonian explanation could be given for why length contraction would appear to occur.
If not, then special relativity (as far as observation) simply is making non-simultaneous events appear to be occurring at the same time (such as treating information coming from a leading and trailing edge of an object as appearing in the same time frame).
This would of course explain why the object itself doesn't "feel" the contraction. Thus, there would be no paradoxes, simply poor explanations.
Also, has any experiment been done where a fixed observer watches a signal being emitted by a "very fast" rotating disk emitting signals from points tangential to the observer? If there were any differences in the speed of light from these points, they, in addition to color shift, would have slightly different arrival times? The Michelson-Morley experiment doesn't apply since the mirrors are fixed with the observer. The Sagnac experiment located the observer on the rotating disk, so it doesn't apply either.
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If not, then special relativity (as far as observation) simply is making non-simultaneous events appear to be occurring at the same time (such as treating information coming from a leading and trailing edge of an object as appearing in the same time frame).
This would of course explain why the object itself doesn't "feel" the contraction. Thus, there would be no paradoxes, simply poor explanations.
Also, has any experiment been done where a fixed observer watches a signal being emitted by a "very fast" rotating disk emitting signals from points tangential to the observer? If there were any differences in the speed of light from these points, they, in addition to color shift, would have slightly different arrival times? The Michelson-Morley experiment doesn't apply since the mirrors are fixed with the observer. The Sagnac experiment located the observer on the rotating disk, so it doesn't apply either.
Thank you