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- A star is measured to be 40.0 ly from Earth, in the inertial frame in which both star and Earth are at rest.
- What would you determine this distance to be if you travelled to the star in a spaceship moving at 1.00 X 10 m/s relative to Earth?
- b) How long would you determine the journey to take?
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