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Old July 18th 18, 12:56 AM posted to alt.astronomy
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Default At close to c stuff shrinks in the direction its going

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 4:31:31 PM UTC-7, Herbert Glazier wrote:
On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 1:24:20 PM UTC-7, Double-A wrote:
On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 10:45:11 AM UTC-7, Herbert Glazier wrote:
If the king of England was going at 99% of c he would look like the king of hearts.Bert



The key thing here is "he would look like" from our frame of reference. He would not actually be flat.

Double-A


How do we get a reference frame from an identity going at c.?Bert



A photon has no rest frame.

Double-A