2002-08-08 If the speed of light is in fact slowing down, then the definition of the metre based on the fixed value of 299 792 458 m/s will have to change to some other definition. Otherwise the metre will be longer.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-08-08 08:47 Subject: [USMA:21573] Speed of Light > Hi > > The relativity theory has been challenged. > The good thing in this webpage > http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/08/07/australia.lightspeed/inde x.html > > is that the speed of light is defined as > 300,000 kilometers a second. Miles is not rounded. > > Its a nice coincidence that the speed of light has > rounded numbers in SI units (meter & second). > > I hope the length of 'meter' and the time duration of > 'second' will be useful even in the distant galaxies > since light is a universal concept. > > Madan > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com >
