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Where do you aim laser to hit a moving object 1 light minute away?
Sorry another relativity esque question.
Set up, I've got two platforms 1 light minute apart moving relative to each other, and a sufficiently concentrated laser on one of them that the beam hasn't completely dispersed by the time the light reaches the other platform.
But where do I am the laser for the beam to reach the other platform? Do I aim where the platform is *now*, because from the perspective of the light beam it is emitted and arrives at the same time, and therefore the receiving platform is effectively frozen, or do I have the "lead" the laser to intersect with where the receiving platform will be in 1 minute's time?
u/BarNo3385 — 14 hours ago