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Chapter 25, Problem 16PCE
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The speed of the light determined by Michelson through experiment.
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Challenges to Space Exploration a) We can round numbers to say light (and all electromagnetic radiation: radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, etc.) travels at approximately 3x108 m/s. At its closest approach, Mars is about 0.5 au of the Earth. At this distance, how long would it take for an astronaut on Mars to communicate with Mission Control on Earth? Give your answer in minutes. Explain why Mars rovers have entire sequences for travel pre-programmed and uploaded all at once rather than being driven around in real time with a joystick.
For the Earth-Moon distance in 5b, you can use 384,400 km b) The boosters that launched Apollo 11 allowed the astronauts to reach a speed of 25,000 miles per hour. At that speed, about how long did it take for the astronauts to reach the Moon? At that speed, how long would it take to reach Mars, assuming the closest approach distance given above? Give your answers in days.
In the Michelson-Morley experiments two light beams were raced at right angles to each other to detect a possible slight difference in their speeds. What does this experiment show?
a. The beam traveling along the direction of the earth's motion always won.
b. The beam traveling along the direction of the earth's motion always lost.
c. The results depended on the season of the year (i.e., on the direction of earth's motion)"
d. A slight speed difference was observed, but declared too small to be taken seriously.
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