Sunday, February 12, 2023

Relative

 Below, a couple having a hard time of it. It takes them ever longer to understand 

each other:

                                                             



From the very nice explanation of relativity:

https://www.science.org.au/curious/space-time/gravity#:~:text=Gravity%20bends%20light&text=Light%20travels%20through%20spacetime%2C%20which,of%20light%20caused%20by%20gravity%20.


With respect to gravity, everyone agress that the clock near a massive object is slower.

                                                                          


                                              Wikipedia

GPS systems have to take both phenomena into account.


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