To: Torie
How about the fact that an electron has a mass approaching zero (for all practical purposes it is zero, but due to limitations in the equipment used to measure such things it still shows some mass) yet has "spin?"
24 posted on
01/30/2004 10:01:55 PM PST by
stylin_geek
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To: stylin_geek
You mean it has less mass than a photon?
25 posted on
01/30/2004 10:15:04 PM PST by
GigaDittos
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To: stylin_geek
How about the fact that an electron has a mass approaching zero (for all practical purposes it is zero, but due to limitations in the equipment used to measure such things it still shows some mass) No. Electron mass = 9.10938188 × 10-31 kilograms. That's not zero, practically or theoretically.
yet has "spin?"
They spin because electrons have intrinsic angular momentum. Moreover, photons have no mass, but they have a lot of interesting properties, don't they?
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