Physics 12 - Special Relativity TIME QUESTIONS 1. How much time elapses on earth if high-speed spaceship travelling at 2.7 x 10" m/s is gone for 2 years ship time? ee - 'kbyears ( Box)”5. In the future a young astronaut may rush up to an old grey-haired old man and calls out “Hi ~ how are you doing my son?” How might this be possible? i ; The young ashonaut S much hae travelig near ne ted chim hme moved Slower than of hight Be urd retuned Wis mn had aged Passer thon him. 6. Ifyou were travelling away from the Earth at 0.50c, would you notice a change in your heartbeat? Would your mass, height, or waistline change? What would observers on Earth using a telescope say about you? 3 You would nokw noth aiferent Ts eng amen \" would a las 0 AN THE ~SOrre ew De ee ed Meet SiCS. OS. know thom — You stow down apa subadomic level, EOMN opserers pean Slower neatbeod, incrtased mass andvanowec 7. Aspaceship travels at 0.99c for 3 years ship time. How much time would pass on the Earth? ie 2 = 2\ years ‘travelling t 0.94e. it has been gone from the Earth a total of 10 measured How much time passes on the spaceship during its travels/ 9. A spaceship has been gone from the earth 5 years ship time. ‘The people on the Earth have ‘measured the time for the ship to be away as 25 years. How fast was the ship travelling? years old. He expects to live at an age of 75 years. He plans to make a trip in a Pea eeecssn they 20. ‘He would like to return by the year 2520. Is this fast would the spaceship have to travel? 50 ve 29849623) mis Vie% 209192453 = 0,995676C past a stationary observer at 0.999c. How long would the length of the space ship be?3. A meter sticks place in a very high-speed spaceship. What length would the astronauts say the ‘eter stick was? What would the length of the meter stick be as measured by stationary observers watching the spaceship and meter stick travel past them? Asvonauts = [m Eaan < im 4, A520 m long (measured when the spaceship is stationary) spaceship passes by the Earth, What Tength would the people on Earth say the spaceship was as it passed the Earth at 0.87¢2 (S20)i-omez= = 256m ee A.25 m long beam is shot past a stationary space station at 0,99c. What length does the people on ‘the space station measure the beam to be?AEs mecca : eh ee pair orble E er ere ai deine rere a a a How long held yo ny the Pere sepa you ae MOT oak ee on a 13e 2 0A2cC Pe Ov@r) — 1.42 ‘ ape fires a missile at 0.95¢ relative to itself. How fast sted by a stationary probe? = IS ¢ = 09c