[Fyron]

Originally posted by jimbob:
Nomor asked:

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Would it not be relative. If a pea came hurtling at you at .99c and hit your 6 foot steel hull would that not be the same as a 6 foot steel hull hitting a pea at .99c. The greater mass would win?

If my Newtonian physics memory serves me, the equation for momentum is p=0.5 x mass x velocity^2.

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Umm... your Newtonian physics memory doesn't hold. In reality,

p=m x v
(momentum) = (mass) x (velocity)

E=0.5 x m x v^2
(energy) = 0.5 x (mass) x (velocity squared)

Timstone:
Well... Jimbob didn't use real physics there. He confused 2 equations.

[ September 18, 2002, 19:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]