Scientific

Lichtgeschwindigkeit

Definition

Die genaue Geschwindigkeit, mit der Licht im Vakuum reist: 299.792.458 Meter pro Sekunde, die seit 1983 zur Definition des Meters verwendet wird.

Erklärung

Because the speed of light is fixed by definition, the meter is now defined as the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second. At this speed, light circles the Earth 7.5 times per second and travels from the Moon to Earth in about 1.28 seconds. Nothing with mass can reach this speed: at 99% of c, time dilation already causes a factor of 7 difference between moving and stationary clocks.

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