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To: RadioAstronomer

except if space is expanding, in which case your measurement unit fails to be constant, which means that although the speed of light is constant, 186,000 mps is a one-time only measurement of that speed. So you're correct in that c is constant, but our representation in units will change with our units.


48 posted on 08/01/2004 1:29:43 PM PDT by AdequateMan
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To: AdequateMan
except if space is expanding, in which case your measurement unit fails to be constant, which means that although the speed of light is constant, 186,000 mps is a one-time only measurement of that speed. So you're correct in that c is constant, but our representation in units will change with our units.

The speed of light is invariant in all frames of reference.

50 posted on 08/01/2004 1:34:42 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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