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minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoBut why is the car stretched? And why doesn’t it appear rotated?
minus-squareHazel『They/Them』@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoIt’s how Doppler works. I don’t understand it enough to actually explain but Wiki does a pretty good job.
minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago(Relativistic doppler effect) But does it affect the object that is emitting the wave?
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoThe poster you are replying to is pointing out the inaccuracies that this comic didn’t consider relativistic effects.
minus-squareSpeiser0@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoIf you look at an object that is moving near the speed of light, it appears rotated, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_rotation.
But why is the car stretched? And why doesn’t it appear rotated?
It’s how Doppler works.
I don’t understand it enough to actually explain but Wiki does a pretty good job.
(Relativistic doppler effect)
But does it affect the object that is emitting the wave?
The poster you are replying to is pointing out the inaccuracies that this comic didn’t consider relativistic effects.
How would you rotate it?
If you look at an object that is moving near the speed of light, it appears rotated, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_rotation.