i think that is where i was getting confused... i thought that since the clock was running slowly then the whole ship would seem to be moving slowly...
thank you both for clearing that up...
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okay, so what would be the relationship between my time and the time in the ship? in other words if i could see a clock in the ship at what speed is it running and vice versa?
i'm trying to make sense of the time dialtion formula in special relativity that i found on wikipedia, maybethat was...
i don't understand what your trying to say...
are you saying that the observers on Earth would see the ship approaching at nearly the speed of light and not time dialted to a point where it appears motionless?
i forgot to mention that the ship is moving at nearly the speed of light relative...
incorrect how? could you please direct me to something which will explain how an observer on Earth would see the ship.
i came to believe that it was a consequence of time dialation
Hi,
i'm new to this and maybe this has been covered but-
Imagine an object moving at almost the speed of light, is on a collision course with earth. To observers on Earth the ship seems to be motionless, due to it's speed being extremely close to c.
Eventually the ship is going to be...