A certain star is 10.6 light-years away (A light-year is the distance that light travels in one year. 1Lt-y = 9.5 x 1015m!). How long would it take a spaceship travelling at 0.96c to reach the star: As measured by stationary observers on Earth? As measured by observers on the spaceship? What is the distance travelled according to observers on the spaceship?

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A certain star is 10.6 light-years away (A light-year is the distance that light travels in one year. 1Lt-y = 9.5 x 1015m!). How long would it take a spaceship travelling at 0.96c to reach the star:

  1. As measured by stationary observers on Earth?
  2. As measured by observers on the spaceship?

  3. What is the distance travelled according to observers on the spaceship?

 

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