A Spaceship Traveling at Constant Speed Away from the Sun

question 62

Short Answer

A spaceship traveling at constant speed away from the Sun crosses the orbit of Earth and later crosses the orbit of Mars. What is the distance between these two events in the spaceship frame of reference?
The radius of Earth's orbit is 150 × 10⁹ m and that of Mars is 228 × 10⁹ m.

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