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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: A light clock that works. |
| Date | 2023-07-10 22:11 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <kh2aruF323qU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <e242a962-299e-472b-b1af-9cd2a682441cn@googlegroups.com> |
On 10-July-23 3:56 am, Laurence Clark Crossen wrote: > Design of a light clock that works on a spaceship traveling at near the speed of light: > Orient a light clock horizontally like the beam in the MMX directed in the direction of Earth's orbital motion. > The beam going out to the mirror is in the direction of the spaceship's motion. > That beam covers a longer distance since that mirror is moving away > On the return trip, it covers a shorter distance because the other side of the clock is moving towards it. > Result: The clock functions at the same rate as when stationary. > Further: This works whether light shares the velocity of the source or not. > Question: Why did Einstein choose a clock that doesn't work when an available one does? Care to expand on that using algebra, rather than hand-waving? Sylvia.
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A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-09 10:56 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-07-09 11:11 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-09 12:02 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Bill <davos2329@gmail.com> - 2023-07-09 11:21 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-09 12:04 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Bill <davos2329@gmail.com> - 2023-07-09 12:29 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-09 12:39 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Bill <davos2329@gmail.com> - 2023-07-09 13:53 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-09 16:13 -0500
Re: A light clock that works. nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2023-07-09 22:54 +0200
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-09 15:06 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Bill <davos2329@gmail.com> - 2023-07-09 16:25 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-09 21:08 -0500
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 09:32 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Bill <davos2329@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 11:49 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Bill <davos2329@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 11:53 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-10 14:16 -0500
Re: A light clock that works. Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2023-07-10 11:13 +0300
Re: A light clock that works. Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 01:42 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-07-10 22:11 +1000
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 06:12 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-07-10 23:22 +1000
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 06:58 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-07-11 00:09 +1000
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 07:11 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 07:22 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-10 14:32 +0000
Re: A light clock that works. Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel.cb@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 16:56 +0200
Re: A light clock that works. Jhon-Jhairo Papadopulos <drao@ohuholsj.jo> - 2023-07-10 17:28 +0000
Re: A light clock that works. Pablo Sfakianos <lsop@saikfiof.sn> - 2023-07-10 19:45 +0000
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 08:19 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-07-11 11:23 +1000
Re: A light clock that works. whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-07-10 20:54 -0500
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-10 07:10 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. wugi <wugi@brol.invalid> - 2023-07-10 21:52 +0200
Re: A light clock that works. Laurence Clark Crossen <l.c.crossen@hotmail.com> - 2023-07-11 10:56 -0700
Re: A light clock that works. Richard Hachel <r.hachel@frite.fr> - 2023-07-11 18:17 +0000
Re: A light clock that works. Tom Roberts <tjoberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2023-07-11 13:22 -0500
Re: A light clock that works. Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-07-11 13:02 -0700
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