From: helbig@asclothestro.multivax.de   
      
   In article , Luigi Fortunati   
    writes:   
      
   > So, my question is this: Why with our telescopes do we always (and only)   
   > see perfectly spherical celestial bodies and have we never seen one   
   > contracted in the direction of motion like the one at the top right of   
   > my animation?   
      
   It is a misconception that spheres look contracted when moving at   
   relativistic speeds:   
      
    A. Lampa, _Z. f. Physik_, 27, 138, 1924.   
    J. Terrell, _Phys. Rev._, 116, 1041, 1959.   
    R. Penrose, _Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc._, 55, 137, 1959.   
      
   I can turn around in a second but the relative motion of the Moon, much   
   faster than the speed of light, doesn't correspond to the notion of   
   relative motion normally discussed in SR.   
      
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