The Most Important Conclusion to Be Drawn from the Michelson-Morley

question 19

Multiple Choice

The most important conclusion to be drawn from the Michelson-Morley experiment is that

• A) the speed of light is influenced by the direction of motion.
• B) the Earth is not an inertial reference frame.
• C) light does not travel through a luminiferous ether.
• D) the Earth's orbital speed around the Sun is constant.

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