No meteoroid body travels anywhere near "a subtantual [sic] percentage of the speed of light". Although their relative ages will be different based on Einstein's theory, their practical age is realistically unaffected I would think.
Michael in so. Cal. On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Pete Shugar via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > greetings to all, > my background is in electronics. everything deals with either C or C2. > Einstein states that nothing goes faster than the speed of light and > that as you approach the speed of light, things get older slower. > So this meteorite in it's travels is going at a rate that is a > subtantual percentage of the speed of light. Has anyone taken this into > consideration when placing an age on the meteorite? > Just a thought to tickle the old brain cells!! > Pete Shugar > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
