A deep-space vehicle moves away from the Earth with a speed of 0.800c. An astronaut on the vehicle measures a time interval of 3.00 s to rotate her body through 1.00 rev as she floats in the vehicle. What time interval is required for this rotation according to an observer on the Earth?

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