35. Special Relativity
Consequences of Relativity
Multiple Choice
Multiple ChoiceThe international space station travels in orbit at a speed of 7.67 km/s. If an astronaut and his brother start a stop watch at the same time, on Earth, and then the astronaut spends 6 months on the space station, what is the difference in time on their stopwatches when the astronaut returns to Earth? Note that 6 months is about 1.577 x 107 s, and c = 3 x 10 8 m/s.
A
1.00000000033 s
B
0.9999999993 s
C
0.9999999997 s
D
0.0052 s
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