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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Hubble, Huba, Huba

In the case of X-ray, Snell's Law still applies when the movement of the medium through time (as Earth move) is such that the medium boundaries before and after the movement are parallel.

where vs is in the direction of Earth's movement.

Because λr>λi, x ray blends away from the normal.

When vs does not leave the medium boundaries parallel as they move in time,


the incident and reflected rays does not obey Snell's Law.

The angle of refraction is rotated as the medium boundary is rotated (θs) with respect to the old position of the medium boundary back in time.

The photon upon its collapse, travels back in time, inside the medium (in this case) at a position its contact point at the boundary will be in the future.

In the diagram below S=vsΔt is the movement of the satellite in time Δt.  The major axis of the satellite is rotated by θs as a result of the movement.


θs must be added to all calculated refraction angle, glancing or otherwise.  All surface normals are adjusted for this θs that is added to the calculated refracted angle as the result of photons travelling back in time upon collapse on the surface of the refracting medium.

Good night.

Note:  Displacement does not alter orientation, rotation changes orientation.