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Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by WhyNotHugo on Thursday May 30, 2024 @12:55PM (#40525912)
> Seconds tick by ever so slightly faster atop a mountain than they do in the valleys of Earth.

Did they push an update with new laws of physics, or have I completely missed something?

Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by EA on Thursday May 30, 2024 @01:07PM (#40526084)
Gravity decreases with distance from the Earth’s center. The lower the gravitational potential (the closer the clock is to the source of gravitation), the slower time passes, speeding up as the gravitational potential increases (the clock moving away from the source of gravitation).
Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by WhyNotHugo on Saturday June 01, 2024 @07:11AM (#40544677)
For an object which is accelerating time passes slower. But an object on a mountaintop isn't accelerating, because the mountain has an upward counter-force.

What am I missing here?

Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by bajsejohannes on Thursday May 30, 2024 @12:58PM (#40525953)
This is because of relativity and the fact that there's more force at in the valley than the mountain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by SirMaster on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:13PM (#40526906)
What about the fact that you are moving faster when on top of a mountain than in a valley due to the rotation of the earth and being farther from the center of rotation?

Does this also have an effect on your relative time?

Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by pdonis on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:34PM (#40527166)
Yes, it makes the equipotential surfaces of Earth's gravitational field (the surfaces on which time ticks "at the same rate") ellipsoids instead of spheres. The "geoid", which is the standard such surface that defines UTC on Earth, is the equipotential surface that averages to the Earth's sea level, and is 13 miles further from Earth's center at the equator vs. the poles.
Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by mastercheph on Thursday May 30, 2024 @01:02PM (#40526006)
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (1916) Einstein, Albert

https://www.abebooks.com/9780517884416/Relativity-Special-Ge...

Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by noiv on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:12PM (#40526891)
That's a 404, sad.
Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by janosdebugs on Thursday May 30, 2024 @12:59PM (#40525975)
I'm guessing it's relativity doing its job.
Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by ranie93 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @12:59PM (#40525976)
gravity?
Re:Why scientists say we need to send clocks to the moon by yencabulator on Friday May 31, 2024 @06:48PM (#40541145)
They did, about 108 years ago.