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Re:Living Without Atomic Clocks by fivesigma on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @05:48PM (#11122172)
Both velocity and gravity (distance from the nearest planet/star) affect time.

It does, but the difference is negligible unless we're talking about the surface of a neutron star.

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Re:Living Without Atomic Clocks by dingo_bat on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:46PM (#11123087)
The difference is not negligible if we are talking about applications like GPS etc.
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