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|    Luigi Fortunati to All    |
|    Re: The Twins and the Earth's Rotation    |
|    26 Jul 23 07:29:53    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              > [[Mod. note -- By definition, the travelling twin looking through their       > telescope at Earth sees the event where Earth's worldline intersects the       > travelling twin's backwards light cone. The travelling twin's backwards       > light cone depends only on the event at its apex, NOT on the travelling       > twin's velocity. Therefore, the intersection of that light cone with       > Earth's worldline (i.e., the event that the travelling twin sees when       > looking at Earth through their telescope) depends on the travelling       > twin's position but NOT on the travelling twin's velocity. Therefore,       > the travelling twin sees little visible change when looking at Earth       > during their (the travelling twin's) turnaround.       > -- jt]]              I have reflected intensely on the replies received from all of you and I thank       you from the bottom of my heart.              I realized that I had made a mistake: that of having (me too) considered the       change of direction to be almost instantaneous.              Apart from the fact that one does not pass from the speed v=0.866c to the       speed v=-0.866c in an instant, it must be said that, if it were possible to do       so, none of what I said could happen during the reversal of direction because       nothing happens in zero        time.              So, I'll have to revise my example by assigning a precise time duration to the       reverse.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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