Chapter 36: Q. 24 (page 1060)
Our Milky Way galaxy is in diameter. A spaceship crossing the galaxy measures the galaxy鈥檚 diameter to be a mere .
a. What is the spacecraft鈥檚 speed, as a fraction of , relative to the galaxy?
b. How long is the crossing time as measured in the galaxy鈥檚 reference frame?
Short Answer
(a) The speed of the spaceship relative to the galaxy is .
(b) The time in the galaxy's reference frame is years.