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Object with *multiple* velocities nearing the speed of light--effect?
Hello!
I've had this question for sometime and I'd love if someone could shed some light on it for me.
Here's the situation:
Lets say that you were able to make an object reach velocities (and maintain) nearing the speed of light from point A to point B while also having the object rotate at a velocity nearing the speed of light simultaneously. Thus, the object would have BOTH a velocity moving from point A to point B nearing the speed of light as well as a 'spinning velocity' nearing the speed of light. What effect would this have on the mass of the object as well as the effect of time? How would 2 near light speed velocities affect the object?
Lets go a step further: say the object was a spacecraft of some sort that was able to hold passengers. In this case, if you had the craft moving from point A to point B at nearing the speed of light and then you were able to design a rotating mechanism on the outside of the craft that would rotate at nearing the speeds on light (the point here being to keep the actual craft from spinning itself but to have the changes of time and mass affect the area inside the rotation (i.e., the craft and the inhabitants of the craft)), what would the effects be for the passengers and the craft in relation to the space outside? And finally, if you had both velocities (the point A to point B velocity and the 'spinning velocity') at only half the speed of light, would the effect on time and mass on the craft and the passengers be equivalent to 1 velocity that was nearing the speed of light?
Thank you everyone! I really look forward to hearing some educated feedback.
Kind regards,
J
Hello!
I've had this question for sometime and I'd love if someone could shed some light on it for me.
Here's the situation:
Lets say that you were able to make an object reach velocities (and maintain) nearing the speed of light from point A to point B while also having the object rotate at a velocity nearing the speed of light simultaneously. Thus, the object would have BOTH a velocity moving from point A to point B nearing the speed of light as well as a 'spinning velocity' nearing the speed of light. What effect would this have on the mass of the object as well as the effect of time? How would 2 near light speed velocities affect the object?
Lets go a step further: say the object was a spacecraft of some sort that was able to hold passengers. In this case, if you had the craft moving from point A to point B at nearing the speed of light and then you were able to design a rotating mechanism on the outside of the craft that would rotate at nearing the speeds on light (the point here being to keep the actual craft from spinning itself but to have the changes of time and mass affect the area inside the rotation (i.e., the craft and the inhabitants of the craft)), what would the effects be for the passengers and the craft in relation to the space outside? And finally, if you had both velocities (the point A to point B velocity and the 'spinning velocity') at only half the speed of light, would the effect on time and mass on the craft and the passengers be equivalent to 1 velocity that was nearing the speed of light?
Thank you everyone! I really look forward to hearing some educated feedback.
Kind regards,
J