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Article #7411Re: Accelerating elevator
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1986 02:41
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1986 02:41
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Organization : California Instititute of Technology Keywords: Background radiation From: myers@hobiecat.Caltech.Edu (Bob Myers) Path: hobiecat!myers In article <546@mcgill-vision.UUCP> (der Mouse) writes: >Note another difference. If the elevator rider measures his velocity >with respect to "the universe", whatever that means, he will find it to >be steadily increasing. The guy on the planet will not. > >For "the universe", picky theorists may substitute, say, the background >black-body radiation (a suspiciously absolute frame of reference, if >you ask me!). Hey, here's a fairly interesting question! What happens to the background black-body radiation when you start moving faster? Obviously, it gets doppler shifted. What does the distribution of radiation with wavelength look like? Is it still a black-body curve? All sorts of interesting questions with this one! -Bob Myers
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Accelerating elevator Message-ID: <1167@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Wed, 12-Nov-86 21:41:24 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1167 Posted: Wed Nov 12 21:41:24 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Nov-86 00:04:05 EST References: <1388@trwrb.UUCP> <546@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Reply-To: myers@hobiecat.UUCP (Bob Myers) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 22