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Old 20-12-2010, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by michaellxv View Post
Thinking out loud - always a dangerous thing.

Is there a distinction here between 'is contracted' and 'appears to be contracted'?

As a general question. What happens when 2 intertial frames 'meet' or 'intersect'? Do they become the same for that instant? Or are they still different due to differences in their direction of momentum.
Lorentz contraction is real. The two objects are on a collision course.
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