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An object is moving with a velocity that approaches the speed of light. how does the length of the moving object appear to a stationary observer relative to its rest length?
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An object is moving with a velocity that approaches the speed of light. how does the length of the moving object appear to a stationary observer relative to its rest length?

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EVERY moving object appears shorter to a stationary observer. The effect is too small to see unless the object is moving really really fast.
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shorter (length contraction)
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