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minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoBut why is the car stretched? And why doesn’t it appear rotated?
minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIf you look at an object that is moving near the speed of light, it appears rotated, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_rotation.
minus-squareHazel『They/Them』@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoIt’s how Doppler works. I don’t understand it enough to actually explain but Wiki does a pretty good job.
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThe poster you are replying to is pointing out the inaccuracies that this comic didn’t consider relativistic effects.
minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days ago(Relativistic doppler effect) But does it affect the object that is emitting the wave?
But why is the car stretched? And why doesn’t it appear rotated?
How would you rotate it?
If you look at an object that is moving near the speed of light, it appears rotated, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_rotation.
It’s how Doppler works.
I don’t understand it enough to actually explain but Wiki does a pretty good job.
The poster you are replying to is pointing out the inaccuracies that this comic didn’t consider relativistic effects.
(Relativistic doppler effect)
But does it affect the object that is emitting the wave?