One day, an astronomer is looking through a telescope and observes three spaceships having an interstellar battle in the vacuum of space (see diagram below). The astronomer sees a Century Hawk traveling at 0.92c. In front of the Century Hawk and traveling in the same direction is an O-Wing Fighter going 0.5c. Behind the Century Hawk and traveling in the opposite direction is a Borg Box going 0.6c. The Century Hawk fires its rear lasers at the Borg Box and fires its forward lasers at the O-Wing Fighter. (DISCLAIMER: The diagram below is not to scale & no spaceships were harmed during the making of this problem.) How fast will the photons emitted from the FORWARD lasers be moving relative to the ASTRONOMER? ? ×c How fast will the photons emitted from the REAR lasers be moving relative to the CENTURY HAWK? ? ×c
One day, an astronomer is looking through a telescope and observes three spaceships having an interstellar battle in the vacuum of space (see diagram below). The astronomer sees a Century Hawk traveling at 0.92c. In front of the Century Hawk and traveling in the same direction is an O-Wing Fighter going 0.5c. Behind the Century Hawk and traveling in the opposite direction is a Borg Box going 0.6c. The Century Hawk fires its rear lasers at the Borg Box and fires its forward lasers at the O-Wing Fighter. (DISCLAIMER: The diagram below is not to scale & no spaceships were harmed during the making of this problem.)
How fast will the photons emitted from the FORWARD lasers be moving relative to the ASTRONOMER?
? ×c
How fast will the photons emitted from the REAR lasers be moving relative to the CENTURY HAWK?
? ×c
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