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Is an objects speed limit determined by its Mass?
Knowing nothing with mass can travel at the speed of light. General example: If a photon(no mass) travels at the speed of light does that mean an object with +1 mass can only travel at -1 the speed of light? Can you keep going from there? If an object has +2 mass can it only go -2 the speed of light? And so on and so on.
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- ?Lv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
The distinction is in mass or no mass. Zero mass articles MUST travel at the speed of light. Massive particles cannot reach the speed of light, but in theory the speed limit is c for all masses. Not as you suggest that a higher mass has a lower limit.
What you can say is that if you compare a mass m1 and a mass m2 when they both need to be accelerated to a speed of 0.99c say, that the lower mass needs less energy spent on it to get to that speed.