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Old 18-09-2009, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by sjastro View Post
An object's "rest mass" will not increase when accelerated to velocities approaching c.

An objects relativistic mass is simply the objects rest mass + kinetic energy.
At speeds approaching c, increase in relativistic mass is taken up by the kinetic energy, rest mass doesn't change hence the object will not collapse into a black hole.

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