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Hi all,
I am not a physicist. Some engineer friends of mine and I have a question about special relativity in two dimensions. To set it up, there are 2 lights floating in space parallel to the x-axis and a spaceship is traveling at .8c flying parallel to the y-axis towards the midpoint of the line connecting the lights. Then at some time, t, an observer, o1, between the lights at the midpoint flashes both of them simultaneously.
I drew a quick diagram which is attached.
1. The observer o1 will see both flash simultaneously
2. At a different time t', the crew of the spaceship will also see both flash simultaneously because of the symmetry of the problem.
Is our understanding correct?
I am not a physicist. Some engineer friends of mine and I have a question about special relativity in two dimensions. To set it up, there are 2 lights floating in space parallel to the x-axis and a spaceship is traveling at .8c flying parallel to the y-axis towards the midpoint of the line connecting the lights. Then at some time, t, an observer, o1, between the lights at the midpoint flashes both of them simultaneously.
I drew a quick diagram which is attached.
1. The observer o1 will see both flash simultaneously
2. At a different time t', the crew of the spaceship will also see both flash simultaneously because of the symmetry of the problem.
Is our understanding correct?