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Re:Scientists use an atomic clock to measure the height of a... by dredmorbius on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @08:27PM (#16479894)
On the "centre of Earth's gravity well" bit: what is the net effect of the fact that inside a sphere, the net gravitational attraction depends on the amount, distance, and vector of the gravitational mass in question, and that whilst inside a sphere at any point beneath its surface the net gravitational attraction varies.

In the case of the Earth, it actually increases to a certain depth, then falls as one approaches the centre (or would if one could; imagine, say, the neutrino version of yourself). My first thought was that the associated time dilation would follow a similar trend, though thinking this through, I'm not certain, though I'm leaning toward your answer above as not being accurate.

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