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Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet?

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance 
> planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet?
> 
> Not what I expected, that's for sure.
>> http://physicsinsights.org/porthole_view_1.html
> 
>> On this page, we?re going to put that aside, and consider how things
>> actually look to the traveler. In particular, how far away does the
>> end point appear to be, looking through a telescope, at each point on
>> the trip?  In comparison with our common Earthly experience, the
>> answer to this question is strange!
 
As we don't have the technology to accerlate enough to make any
significant difference, nothing of any significance.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 13:29 -0600
  Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-25 19:43 +0000
    Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 15:11 -0800
  Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 15:49 -0800
    Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 18:23 -0600
      Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-26 00:34 +0000
        Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 18:58 -0600
          Re: What does an astronaut see, looking through a telescope at a distance planet, when a spaceship first starts to accelerate toward that planet? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-26 06:33 +0000

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