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pseudo-mass

Introduces a pseudo-mass at the center of the ship, quantified as 1.7x10 kilograms, to model gravitational effects.

1 chapter across 1 book

Redshift Rendezvous (1990)John E. Stith

Chapter 29

This chapter presents a table of fundamental physical assumptions, equations, and constants relevant to the concept of redshift as applied to a spaceship setting. It defines key variables such as the velocity of light on the redshift, pseudo-mass at the ship's center, and gravitational constant, and provides Newtonian formulas for gravity, orbital velocity, escape velocity, and time dilation effects. The chapter concludes with a note on the derivation of the rate-of-time equation from gravitational theory, emphasizing the theoretical foundation behind the redshift concept.