theblackalchemist Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 heythis is theblackalchemist,heres serving no 1 or starters as i should say Q = if a spherical object is placed in a box and it travels greater than the speed of sound but less than that of light is there any way we could find out the position of the object ? Extra info = the object is spherical it travels in a medium but assuming under no gravity if any one wants more info than Private Message me requesting the nature of the infothanks TBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFaithfulStone Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Q = if a spherical object is placed in a box and it travels greater than the speed of sound but less than that of light is there any way we could find out the position of the object ? Look in the box? :shrug: If you can't look in the box somehow, I'd say you're hosed, unless you have more information (like you know the starting position, velocity, and directional vector) TFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthepon Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Radio waves could be used to detect the object, and doppler's effect could be used to determine the velocity. BTW, it would be better if you would welcome questionsto be posted in the thread itself, so that everyone could see the answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zythryn Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Is the entire system under the affect of gravity (I know you said gravity is not moving the sphere). If so and you can do it accurately enough, weigh portions of the box and find out where gravity is having the biggest effect. Or, since the ball is moving faster than sound, can you measure the air compression wave's (sonic boom) affect on the different walls of the box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qfwfq Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 The shock wave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFaithfulStone Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Radio waves could be used to detect the object, and doppler's effect could be used to determine the velocity. I think that counts as looking in the box. Now, the idea of measuring the compression waves impact on the side of the box would work. TFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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