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To: Tenacious 1
"The big question.....Does motion affect the speed of light relative to a static point in space? Or is light speed truly constant?"

Light is subject to the Doppler effect. The issue is the inertial reference. The velocity of light is constant and absolute, but not relative to everything else.

20 posted on 08/24/2009 9:37:34 AM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
So it holds, a light emitting object traveling away from you at the speed of light will never been seen?

Or...two objects traveling near the speed of light in opposite directions (Diversion speed in excess of the speed of light), will not allow light from one to be seen from the other?

Thank you.

28 posted on 08/24/2009 9:46:06 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Government For the People - an obviously concealed oxymoron)
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To: Natural Law

>>>> The issue is the inertial reference. The velocity of light is constant and absolute, but not relative to everything else. <<<<

In other words, “How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All.”


32 posted on 08/24/2009 9:49:24 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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