A starship navigator measures the distance between the Earth and the sun. If the ship is moving at a speed of 0.90 c, instead of obtaining 93 million miles, the navigator measures a distance (in millions of miles) of

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Due to length contraction in special relativity, the measured distance is shorter for an observer moving at a high velocity relative to the object being measured.

A Starship Navigator Measures the Distance Between the Earth and the Sun