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A standard candle is an astronomical object that has a known absolute magnitude (intrinsic brightness). They are extremely important to astronomers since by measuring the apparent magnitude of the obje...

The length of the spaceship of 120m was measured at rest relative to the spaceship so we will take that as the proper length, dennoted L_proper
We first calculate the Lorentz factor:
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This question is simply a matter of finding and applying the correct equation of motion.

First, draw a diagram - even if the situation in the questions seems really simple, it's always us...

From newton's first law, an object remains in its inertial frame until a force acts upon it. This means that according to a stationary observer, the object will remain at rest or continue moving at the...

For any question which asks you to consider multiple forces acting on a body, the first thing you should do is draw a clear diagram, with all forces (and in this case angles) labelled.Once this has been d...