Captain Jirk Reports to Headquarters That He Left the Planet

question 7

Multiple Choice

Captain Jirk reports to headquarters that he left the planet Senesca 1.88 × 10⁴ seconds earlier. Headquarters sends back the message: "Was that spaceship proper time?" It will be spaceship proper time if it was

• A) measured by one clock fixed at one spot on Senesca.
• B) measured by one clock fixed at one spot on the spaceship.
• C) measured by a clock on Senesca at departure and by a clock on the spaceship when reporting.
• D) measured by a clock on the spaceship when departing and by a clock on Senesca when reporting.
• E) calculated by dividing the distance from Senesca according to Senesca by the speed of the spaceship.

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