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If stationary observers measure the shape of a passing

Chapter 17, Problem 30E

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If stationary observers measure the shape of a passing object to be exactly circular, what is the shape of the object according to observers on board the object, traveling with it?

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If stationary observers measure the shape of a passing object to be exactly circular, what is the shape of the object according to observers on board the object, traveling with it?

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If stationary observers measure the shape of a passing object to be exactly circular then the object will have an elliptical shape according to observers on board the object.

The passing object will be longer in the direction of motion than perpendicular to that direction.

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