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daveFNbuck
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Is 8% of the speed of light not a very high relative speed?
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mehrdadn
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[Layman here] The Lorentz factor is 1/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) = 1/sqrt(1-0.08^2) = 100.3%, so dilation effects would be obviously measurable but not particularly huge (0.3%).
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