Speed of light
Dhvanit Panchasara
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Section 7
Instructor : Alexandra Cumming
Content
What is light?
LIGHT
DISCOVERY Discovery of speed of light.
CALCULATION Some fun calculation.
UNIT OF Using speed of light as a
MEASUREMENT measuring unit.
FACTS Some unrealistic facts.
LIMITATIO Limitations of light
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What is light ?
What scientists refer to as photons, other
people like us might just call light.
One of the four fundamental forces of
nature is electromagnetic energy and The
tiniest achievable bundle of
electromagnetic energy is called a
photon.
Photons are responsible for the speed of
light.`
Note: From labs.openai.com
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Discovery of speed of light
The Speed of light is 299.792.458
meters per second, approximately
3x kilometres per second in
vacuum.
In 16th Century, Ole Romer was
the first Astronomer who
demonstrated that light travels at a
finite speed.
Later in 18th Century, James Maxwell
proposed that light was
an electromagnetic wave and,
therefore, it’s speed is Note: From labs.openai.com
approximately 300000 km per
second.
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Fun Calculations
As circumference of the Earth is 40075 km. The
amount of time it takes light to travel is 40075 /
299792.458 seconds which is about 0.1337 seconds.
So, light can travel about 7.5 times the circumference
of the Earth in 1 second.
It took four and a half day to reach Apollo 11 on the
surface of moon.
But what if they travel at speed of light ? How long it
will take ?
Note: From labs.openai.com
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Unit of
measurement
The word "light-year" may be the one you
are familiar with.
It is basically a measurement of both time
and distance, It measures the distance
that light travels in a year.
Second largest unit to measure distance.
What does it mean by sun is 8 light-
minute away ? Note: From labs.openai.com
Unrealistic Facts
Can we see the past?
Can we see the ghost?
Why do we first see the lightning in sky
and then hear the sound of ligting?
Note: From labs.openai.com
limitations
Can anything affect the fact that light
travels in a straight line ?
As speed of light is constant, can it be
slowed down?
Note: From labs.openai.com
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Thank you!
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Reference list
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from
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%2C%22%20or%20light%20speed
7 facts that sum up the speed of light. KickassFacts.com. (2021, August 24). Retrieved December 5,
2022, from https://www.kickassfacts.com/speed-of-light-facts/
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, December 2). Speed of light. Wikipedia. Retrieved December 5, 2022,
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light#/media/File:Earth_to_Sun_-_en.png
Dall·E. DALL·E. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5, 2022, from
https://labs.openai.com/
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