Traveling At The Speed Of light...
Season 5 Episode 15:
Spellbound
Airdate:
January 22 1987 |
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Norm and Cliff are sitting at the bar.
Cliff has an Einstein moment with this
little gem. |
You know, if
I took a ride in a spaceship at the speed of light for 10
years, when I returned I'd be 10 years older but everybody else
here would be 80 years older. Now, do you realize the
ramifications of that?
(Norm: "Yeah,
for once you'd be the best player on our softball team.")
The truth:
According to the Lorentz Transformation relative time can be
measured for objects or people in motion compared to those at
rest.
To make Cliff's statement true and have everyone age by 80 years
while he only ages 10 years, he'd have to travel at
0.99498743710662 C (C = the speed of light). If he were to
travel at the speed of light then the time that passes at Cheers
would be infinite.
Cliff Recommends:
Travel Asia
Some light
calculations :
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At 1 C time passage is infinite.
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At .99999 C time passes 223 times as quick.
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At .9999 C time passes 70.71 times as quick.
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At .999 C time passes 22.36 times as quick.
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At .99 C time passes 7.09 times as quick.
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At .9 C time passes 2.29 times as quick.
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At .8 C time passes 1.67 times as quick.
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At .5 C time passes 1.15 times as quick.
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At .1 C time passes 1.005 times as quick.
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