Re: Elementary relativity problem

From	Jim Burns <james.g.burns@att.net>
Newsgroups	sci.physics, sci.math
Subject	Re: Elementary relativity problem
Date	2016-04-04 15:17 -0400
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On 4/4/2016 2:43 PM, Richard Tobin wrote:

> According to Psalm 90:4, "a thousand years are in your sight but a
> single day".  How fast is God travelling relative to the earth?

I think that it is the resident of Paradise who is experiencing
the 1000 years as a day, not (necessarily) the earth.
So, I would ask the question "How fast would I (in heaven)
be traveling relative to God?"

Although, come to think of it it works both ways doesn't it?
Is there also a verse somewhere that says something like
"a day for You in my sight is as a thousand years"?

As a bonus, the hyper-relativistic-God theory explains
how He can do all that sparrow-watching. How many years
would it take an ex-sparrow to hit the ground?

Anyway:

  gamma = 1/sqrt( 1 - beta^2 )
        = (1000 years)/( 1 day ) = 365242.2

  beta = v/c
       = 1 - 1/(2*gamma^2)
       = 1 - 3.748e-12

c = 299792458 m/s

v = c - 1.124 millimeters/second

So, fast.

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Elementary relativity problem richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2016-04-04 18:43 +0000
  Re: Elementary relativity problem Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@.- --- -.dotat> - 2016-04-04 21:03 +0200
    Re: Elementary relativity problem Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-04-04 12:07 -0700
  Re: Elementary relativity problem Jim Burns <james.g.burns@att.net> - 2016-04-04 15:17 -0400
  Re: Elementary relativity problem Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2016-04-04 20:25 +0000
    Re: Elementary relativity problem Jim Burns <james.g.burns@att.net> - 2016-04-04 19:20 -0400
      Re: Elementary relativity problem Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2016-04-05 01:28 +0000
  Re: Elementary relativity problem William Elliot <marsh@panix.com> - 2016-04-04 22:08 -0700
    Re: Elementary relativity problem benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 01:37 -0400
  Re: Elementary relativity problem "David Canzi" <dmcanzi@uwaterloo.ca> - 2016-04-07 01:09 +0000

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