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I don't know if you guys are fimiliar with this expiriment so I'll describe it first. Let's say that there's a plank(1km and at rest with respect to the plank) away, and I launch a bullet at the plank and 1,000km/sec, and exactly one second later, the bullet hits the plank. Now, the depth at which the bullet travels into the plank, is going to depend on its momentum. Now let's say that there is a spacecraft moving perpindicular to the bullets trajectory at very high speed(gamma factor of 10). The expiriment states, that the observer in the spacecraft is going to view the bullet taking 10sec to hit the plank instead of 1sec as observed by the stationary(with respect to the plank) observer because of time dialation(which I understand).
Now here are my questions.
1.) If your going 1,000km/sec, wouldn't it take a lot less then 1sec to travel 1km.
2.) i thought that you can only experience time dilation and space concraction in parellel reference frames.
thanks in advance
Keep in mind, i only started learning relativity 4-5weeks ago and I'm only a high school senior.
Now here are my questions.
1.) If your going 1,000km/sec, wouldn't it take a lot less then 1sec to travel 1km.
2.) i thought that you can only experience time dilation and space concraction in parellel reference frames.
thanks in advance
Keep in mind, i only started learning relativity 4-5weeks ago and I'm only a high school senior.