Online Course Support | Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity

Consider Bob on Space Station Omega. At time t = 0, Alice flies by in her spaceship at constant velocity, heading to the right. She then quickly reverses direction and heads back to the left, but stops and remains motionless (compared to Bob) before she reaches Bob’s position. Which diagram represents Alice’s world line in Bob’s frame of reference?

 
 

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