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To: Physicist
Yippee, I see the mid-point thingy! Hey, that's progress for me, slow as it may be. And the observer can stay there as long as he wants. :-)
33 posted on 05/24/2002 1:48:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
I forgot to mention: the interval is invariant for all observers.
35 posted on 05/24/2002 2:28:15 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: LibWhacker
Sorry, maybe the fs and Es weren't to clear. f1 is a high clock rate, time passes fast. As the relative speed of separation increases towards the speed of light f2 appears to slow down to someone on Earth.
37 posted on 05/24/2002 6:40:18 PM PDT by spunkets
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