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arrow-up1488arrow-down1external-linkNASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in spacewww.space.comkalkulat@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe one that you multiply with gamma is the rest mass, not the total mass. To be short, p = m_0 * γ * v, where m_0 is the rest mass. Put that in your equation and look what happens.
The one that you multiply with gamma is the rest mass, not the total mass.
To be short,
p = m_0 * γ * v, wherem_0is the rest mass. Put that in your equation and look what happens.