Assume That a Group of Explorers Traveled to the Orion

question 58

Multiple Choice

Assume that a group of explorers traveled to the Orion Nebula, which is the nearest star-forming cloud and is at a distance of 1,300 light-years, using revolutionary technology that allowed them to travel at a speed of 0.99c.Observers back on Earth using Earth-bound clocks would say it took the explorers ________ to get there, but the explorers with their moving clocks would say it took them only ________ to get there.

• A) 1,310 years; 185 years
• B) 1,440 years; 630 years
• C) 1,310 years; 390 years
• D) 1,440 years; 425 years
• E) 1,310 years; 1,300 years

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