FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS - EXTENDED
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Chapter 37, Problem 80P
The radius of Earth is 6370 km, and its orbital speed about the Sun is 30 km/s. Suppose Earth moves past an observer at this speed. To the observer, by how much does Earth’s diameter contract along the direction of motion?
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