Terrell rotation
Sign in to saveAlso known as Penrose–Terrell rotation, Penrose–Terrell effect, Penrose-Terrell rotation, Penrose-Terrell effect, Terrell–Penrose effect, Lampa–Terrell–Penrose effect, Terrel-Penrose effect, Lampa-Terrell-Penrose effect
in special relativity, the visual distortion of the appearance of a passing object moving at relativistic speeds
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- Experimental visualization of the Terrell effect.png
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- 1959-00-00
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special relativity
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Victor Weisskopf
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Albert Einstein
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Black hole
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Stephen Hawking
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International Standard Book Number
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David Hilbert
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theory of relativity
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speed of light in vacuum
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Henri Poincaré
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general relativity
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Hendrik Lorentz
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spacetime
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Roger Penrose
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Maxwell's equations
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mass–energy equivalence
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