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From the given information, what is the speed of this fame with respect to the Sun-Earth rest frame?

From the given information, what is the speed of this fame with respect to the Sun-Earth rest frame?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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From the given information, what is the speed of this fame with respect to the Sun-Earth rest frame?

If the Sun blows up at some instant and four minutes later we on Earth sit down to eat lunch, those two events are separated by a spacelike interval. The Sun's blowup cannot possibly have influenced us at the time we sat down, because it takes 8 minutes for light to reach us from the Sun. And since the interval is spacelike, there must be a reference frame in which the two events are simultaneous.
Transcribed Image Text:If the Sun blows up at some instant and four minutes later we on Earth sit down to eat lunch, those two events are separated by a spacelike interval. The Sun's blowup cannot possibly have influenced us at the time we sat down, because it takes 8 minutes for light to reach us from the Sun. And since the interval is spacelike, there must be a reference frame in which the two events are simultaneous.
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Since it takes 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach us, the sun's explosion couldn't have affected us when we sat down.

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