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You travel to a star 135 light-years from Earth at a speedof 2.90 X 108 m/s What do you measure this distance to be?

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

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ISBN:9780534408961

Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Publisher:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Chapter14: Special Theory Of Relativity

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14.20P

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