What happens to the length of an object as its speed approaches the speed of light?
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What happens to the length of an object as its speed approaches the speed of light?
Lorentz Contraction
The mathematical expression which represents the relationship among the speed and length of an object moving with the relativistic speed with the speed of light is length contraction or Lorentz contraction expression.
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