A Spaceship Is Moving Between Two Distant Stars at 0

question 17

Multiple Choice

A spaceship is moving between two distant stars at 0.932c. To someone in the ship, the distance between the two stars appears to be 26.9 light-years (ly) . What is the distance between the stars in the rest frame of the stars?

• A) 74.2 ly
• B) 9.75 ly
• C) 21.5 ly
• D) 56.5 ly

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