Consider an interplanetary express bus traveling at 0.98 cc. According to Newtonian mechanics, the momentum is p=mvp=mv. According to relativity, it is p=γmv.How does the actual momentum of the bus compare with the momentum it would have if classical mechanics were valid?

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Consider an interplanetary express bus traveling at 0.98 ﻿cc. ﻿According to Newtonian mechanics, the momentum is p=mvp=mv. ﻿According to relativity, it is p=γmv.How does the actual momentum of the bus compare with the momentum it would have if classical mechanics were valid?

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Question: Consider an interplanetary express bus traveling at 0.98 ﻿cc. ﻿According to Newtonian mechanics, the momentum is p=mvp=mv. ﻿According to relativity, it is p=γmv.How does the actual momentum of the bus compare with the momentum it would have if classical mechanics were valid?

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Question: Consider an interplanetary express bus traveling at 0.98 cc. According to Newtonian mechanics, the momentum is p=mvp=mv. According to relativity, it is p=γmv.How does the actual momentum of the bus compare with the momentum it would have if classical mechanics were valid?