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Suppose Superman and Green Lantern are on an airless planet. Green Lantern whips up a spring and puts a mass on the end, and the spring extends some amount due to the gravitational pull on the mass. Superman then goes off with the spring and mass, and gets up to 0.9c and flies past Green Lantern, at the same height that the first spring measurement was made.
Will the spring extend more now, or the same as before? Does the relativistic mass equation (which, I understand, is not liked amongst those with higher education in physics) apply to this?
Will the spring extend more now, or the same as before? Does the relativistic mass equation (which, I understand, is not liked amongst those with higher education in physics) apply to this?