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So here's what I was wondering for quite some time: if, let's say, hypothetically, there were an object approaching Earth at nearly the speed of light, is there
by m0zg 7y ago
So here's what I was wondering for quite some time: if, let's say, hypothetically, there were an object approaching Earth at nearly the speed of light, is there any way in our frame of reference to even detect it?
And is it possible for such an object to exist in our universe, and if not, why?
The math seems to work out such that the object the size of a US quarter (5.67g) at 0.999 C will have a relativistic kinetic energy around 2.6MT of TNT.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoIf something travels nearly the speed of light we couldn’t detect it. Any kind of information from this object would at maximum travel at the speed of light so this information would arrive only a little sooner.