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A similar situation happened in [[2577:_Sea_Chase]], where instead of jumping from space to space, ships jumped from map projection to map projection.
 
A similar situation happened in [[2577:_Sea_Chase]], where instead of jumping from space to space, ships jumped from map projection to map projection.
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=== Apparent distance ===
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Whether the two spaceships are getting closer to each other does not depend on the frame of reference if both the ships are moving at constant velocity.
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Though if they are accelerating then depending on the frame of reference they may be getting further apart or they may be getting closer.
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If the ship giving chase has higher velocity than the ship being chased but ship being chased is accelerating faster, then from the perspective of ship being chased the other ship is getting closer to it. While from perspective of something a few light years away which is moving towards both of the ships the ship being chased is getting more distant from the other ship.
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This is because from perspective of something a few light years away which is moving towards the ships, the ship being chased has already accelerated and is faster from the other ship{{citation needed}} so the distance between them is increasing.
  
 
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