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I. You are standing on the surface of the Earth and looking up at two stars that appear 30 degrees apart in the sky, and

I. You are standing on the surface of the Earth and looking up at two stars that appear 30 degrees apart in the sky, and you see them explode at exactly the same instant. A. Did these two stars explode at the very same instant you saw them explode? Explain B. Did they actually explode simultaneously? Explain. C. Does the fact that you saw them explode at the same instant depend in any way on how far away each of them is from Earth? Explain D. If you had been standing on a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri do you think you would have seen both of them explode at the same instant? Explain E. If you had been aboard a starship traveling at .5c (one half the speed of light or about 150,000 km/s) toward one of the two stars that exploded do you think you would have seen them explode simultaneously? Explain

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