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minus-squareXylight (Photon dev)@lemmy.xylight.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agois this a Doppler effect meme or something I’m stupid
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYes, but rather than regular Doppler effect it’s the relativistic one. The car is being blueshifted in the first panel and redshifted in the second but it’s the same general idea as the change in pitch as a car passes
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf it were relativistic, the car would be relativistically compressed in both panels, not just in the first.
is this a Doppler effect meme or something I’m stupid
Yes, but rather than regular Doppler effect it’s the relativistic one. The car is being blueshifted in the first panel and redshifted in the second but it’s the same general idea as the change in pitch as a car passes
If it were relativistic, the car would be relativistically compressed in both panels, not just in the first.