morgsboi Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I know things like water, glass and diamond slow light down but I was wondering about something like this. If you shine directed light (like a laser) at a moving object will the distance be a constant or variable with the time being constant? So would that be changing the speed of light? I will reply to any questions about the theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 In the moving frame (i.e. the frame of the object) the speed of light is still the same. It will see the light as having a frequency shift. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgsboi Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 In the moving frame (i.e. the frame of the object) the speed of light is still the same. It will see the light as having a frequency shift. Yeah, I did a bit of research and I found out about it changing the frequency, Thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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