ryoder 1,382 #51 December 16, 2007 Quote So, it doesn't become light.... it becomes heavy Smartass. I had to read the three times before I got the pun."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fpritchett64 0 #52 December 17, 2007 Quote>If an object were to travel 186,00 mps, would that object become light? 18600 MPS is about 42,000 mph. Our probes go almost that fast - New Horizons left Earth at a speed of about 36,000 mph. But in any case things get heavier when they get close to the speed of light. We are nowhere close, I'm no scientist or college educated person, but I know that in this post, someone has their units of measure all screwed up. MPS would be meters per second mps would be miles per second However, light travels at approximately 186,000 mps, or miles per second, not meters per second, so, 36,000 miles per hour wouldn't even be getting close to the speed of light. Here is a simple way of thinking about it, the sun is approximately 93,000,000 miles away from us, and it takes light a little over 8 minutes to reach us from the sun. Light travels 11,160,000 mpm (miles per minute) or: 669,600,000 mph (miles/hour) If light traveled at 42,000 miles per hour, it would take light 2,214 hours, or a little over 3 months to reach Earth from the sun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #53 December 17, 2007 <> Whooops wrong. little 'm' is the SI abbreviation for Meter and little 's' is the SI abbreviation for Second (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fpritchett64 0 #54 December 17, 2007 So, I guess I'm wrong with my abbreviations too, but I do know that light travels much faster than 42,000 miles per hour....how does that sound? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #55 December 17, 2007 Quote So, I guess I'm wrong with my abbreviations too, but I do know that light travels much faster than 42,000 miles per hour....how does that sound? Fast ain't it?P.S the problem with the 42,000 miles per hour came from an earlier typo .... a simple mistake, I'm sure. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #56 December 18, 2007 Quote If an object were to travel 186,00 mps, would that object become light? If NASA can crash a 200 million dollar probe on the face of Mars, we can screw up units as well! mps.....miles per second. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #57 December 18, 2007 Quote Quote If an object were to travel 186,00 mps, would that object become light? How about a car that goes the speed of light? And then you turn on the headlights? The light races towards the edges of the galaxy, but the sum of the gravitational forces bends it until it comes around behind you? The light would now be in your rear view mirror, so make sure to have your low beams on. Or, the polite thing to do is to flash your high beams. Signal that you should pull over and allow yourself to pass. Great point! And I wonder if I could see myself in the rear veiw mirror flip'n myself off for have the high beams on??????? "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #58 December 18, 2007 Quote Quote Quote If an object were to travel 186,00 mps, would that object become light? How about a car that goes the speed of light? And then you turn on the headlights? The light races towards the edges of the galaxy, but the sum of the gravitational forces bends it until it comes around behind you? The light would now be in your rear view mirror, so make sure to have your low beams on. Or, the polite thing to do is to flash your high beams. Signal that you should pull over and allow yourself to pass. Great point! And I wonder if I could see myself in the rear veiw mirror flip'n myself off for have the high beams on??????? You are more likely to do that on the planet Panoptes, which is so massive that it has such a large density gradient in its atmosphere that the resulting refractive index gradient cause light to bend around the planet with exactly the same radius of curvature as the planet's surface. Hence you can see your arse in the distance on a clear day.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,396 #59 December 18, 2007 >You are more likely to do that on the planet Panoptes . . . And I hear if you fire a rifle on the moon at the horizon . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #60 December 18, 2007 Quote>You are more likely to do that on the planet Panoptes . . . And I hear if you fire a rifle on the moon at the horizon . . . I didn't think you could hear much at all on the Moon.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #61 December 18, 2007 Quote Quote >You are more likely to do that on the planet Panoptes . . . And I hear if you fire a rifle on the moon at the horizon . . . I didn't think you could hear much at all on the Moon. When I was there in 02 I could hear just fine. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
