What is Rest Mass? Explaining Photon Mass Zero

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what is rest mass? why does a photon have rest mass zero? :rolleyes:
 
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Rest mass is the mass an object has when you are in its frame of refrence (IE its stationary to you). Photons have rest mass zero because they dont have any mass :)
 
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