Is a Photon Considered a Real Object?

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Photon is real object, a gamma photon can create a pair electron and positron. But if photon is a reality object then why itself is not a inertial frame so in this frame its velocity is equal 0?
 
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fxdung said:
Photon is real object
What is the definition of a real object?

fxdung said:
But if photon is a reality object then why itself is not a inertial frame so in this frame its velocity is equal 0?
Can you derive from the definition of a real object that they must have an inertial frame? If not, then this question doesn’t make sense.
 
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