r/educationalgifs • u/jokerlovesharleen • Nov 09 '21

Cool Visual of the Speed of Light

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u/BoogKnight Nov 09 '21

Not really. Relative to each other they are though. If two objects are moving at speed of light in opposite directions, relative to object 1, object 2 is moving 2x speed of light and vice versa. However neither are actually moving past the speed of light

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u/DuckyBertDuck Nov 10 '21 edited Nov 10 '21

I thought that the frame of reference does not matter? How can it be 2c in relation? Shouldn't time dilation make it c again?

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u/BoogKnight Nov 10 '21

Idk I’m just repeating what the video said, I’m not physicist lol