Quick Question, Special relativity (1 Viewer)

[Drewk]

An astronaut traveling at 0.5c takes 10hrs ship time to reach his destination. Calculate T_v & T_O

 

[Bearman]

http://imgur.com/Sdjdv

 

[Drewk]

http://imgur.com/Sdjdv

Shouldnt Tv be 10hrs as the observer is in the Ship moving at V

 

[Bearman]

To is the time as measured in the rest frame (i.e. from inside the ship). Tv is the time taken as observed by anyone not in the rest frame. In this scenario, the observer would be someone outside the ship standing still as the ship passes at 0.5c