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The Headlight Effect

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dimensionless speed of rocket frame (β = v/c)
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This Demonstration shows how nine light rays (emitted at angles from
10°
to
90°
in
10°
steps in the rocket frame) are measured by the laboratory observer as the rocket flies past at speed
v=βc
.
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