Multiple Choice
Consider a planet at rest and a spaceship that whizzes past the planet at high speed.An observer on the planet sees a contracted spaceship,while an observer on the spaceship sees
A) a contracted planet.
B) an expanded planet.
C) a normal planet.
D) could be contracted or expanded depending on the direction of travel
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