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But aren’t those two events essentially simultaneous in the relativistic sense? That is by some definitions of “simultaneous”?
by matt-attack 6y ago
But aren’t those two events essentially simultaneous in the relativistic sense? That is by some definitions of “simultaneous”?
- zwkrt 6y agoIn one sense, light experiences no time during travel, so anytime you are hit by radiation (like from a star) there is frame of reference in which the event was instantaneous. On the other hand, if you were on Earth and I was in between Earth and Mars, I would receive the data more quickly than you, and I could even watch it whiz by me on its way to you. The thing about relativity is that it’s... relative!