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    How Does Relativistic Doppler Effect Impact Perception in Space Travel?

    An outside observer will perceive my spaceship as being shorter, but what will i see of my outside surroundings? Will they be longer?
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    If I could travel close to the speed of light

    Say I was embarking on a journey to Neptune at 95% the speed of light. Neptune has a minimum distance of 4.3 billion km from Earth. If I was traveling at 2.85 x 108 m/s, I would take 4 hours 11 minutes and 38 seconds to get there. Is this even possible? 1)What would I see of my...
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    Tension of strings in an elevator

    Two masses are connected by a string and are hanging from the ceiling of an elevator like this: [string 1] | [4kg mass] | [string 2] | [6kg mass] Show the tension of each string in the following situations: i) Stationary ii) Moving up at 3m/s iii) Moving down at...
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    Applications of Specific Heat Capacity

    I have to write about the applications/uses of specific heat capacity. I know what SHC is- the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1kg of substance by 1°C/ 1K. But I have no idea how that can be applied anywhere or anything.. I've searched the entire internet for the...
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