A spaceship leaves the solar system at v = (3/5)c and is headed towards a planet that is 20 c • years away (c is the speed of light). Assume the following: the Sun and the planet are mutually at rest and their clocks have been synchronized such that both read zero when the spaceship leaves. What should the clock on the planet read at the moment when the spaceship arrives?
A spaceship leaves the solar system at v = (3/5)c and is headed towards a planet that is 20 c • years away (c is the
What should the clock on the planet read at the moment when the spaceship arrives?

Einstein gave theory of relativity that is the special theory of relativity. It has one statement saying that speed of light is a constant and does not change for any frame of reference. Here the planet is at rest. We are given the distance of planet from solar system. We are also given the speed of space ship. We can hence find the time the clock read on the planet.
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