Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction

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Also Known As	space contraction

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space motion impact event Lorentz transformations Galilean transformations Lagrange point three-body problem Mach’s principle node diurnal motion

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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

Dutch physicist

George Francis FitzGerald

Irish physicist

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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