On Nov 10, 8:29*pm, "Lieutenant Scott" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:38:57 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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On 09/11/2011 20:20, dennis@home wrote:

"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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It is a corollary of the famous E = mc^2 equation.

And where does that say that if you increase the energy in a system you
increase its mass?

Are you really so thick that you cannot rearrange the equation?

m = E/c^2

c^2 being a rather large number makes the change in mass effect small for
modest energies but it is not always negligible.

So if you move an object on Earth to a larger distance you increase the
potential energy.
Which one actually increases in mass, the Earth or the object?

I'd say neither. *That's POTENTIAL energy.

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If you move an object away from Earth you increase its potential
energy.
If you accelarate and object, its mass increases .
As it gets to light speed it's mass becomes infinity. Which is why
FTL speeds are impossible.
Unless of course the object had no mass to start with.
Hence the neutrino conundrum.