Hi I can't seem to get this thought out of my head. Is the light from a moving object begin from a zero position. If for a brief instant the object were to stop would that cause the negation of the speed of the moving object to be added to c?
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the object were to stop would that cause the negation of the speed of the moving object to be added to c?
No. The speed of light coming from an object is completely independent of the motion of that object. Very simply, "it just doesn't work that way".
There are changes in the light due to motion, but just not the speed. The energy, for instance, will change, which is why you have redshift and blueshift.
Maury Markowitz
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