A spaceship travelling at 0.701c flies past a planetoid with a major diameter of 831 km and a minor diameter of 375 km.
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A spaceship travelling at 0.701c flies past a planetoid with a major diameter of 831 km and a minor diameter of 375 km.
A spaceship travelling at 0.701c flies past a planetoid with a major diameter of 831 km and a minor diameter of 375 km. The spaceship is travelling parallel to the minor diameter. Which diameter of the planet would experience length contraction and what length would an astronaut on the spaceship measure this diameter to be? Your Answer: Answer units
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