Aliens slowing down to observe Earth often are distracted by lighthouses. As aliens pass Earth in their spaceship they notice a lighthouse completes its circuit once every 8.0 s, however the lighthouse attendant has set the lighthouse to complete its circuit every 4.1 s from his point of view. How fast is the alien spaceship traveling in terms of the speed of light?
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