Re:A clock that can detect tiny shifts in the flow of time i...
by AnimalMuppet on Monday November 03, 2014 @04:54PM
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> Special relativity covers time dilation due to relative velocity, general relativity covers time dilation due to gravity.
It's actually due to acceleration, whether from gravity or from motion. And, given earth's rotation, points on the surface accelerate (except for the poles).
But, as I pointed out elsewhere in this discussion, it's distance from the axis that determines acceleration from rotation, not distance from the center of the earth. (Distance from the center does determine gravity, though).
It's actually due to acceleration, whether from gravity or from motion. And, given earth's rotation, points on the surface accelerate (except for the poles).
But, as I pointed out elsewhere in this discussion, it's distance from the axis that determines acceleration from rotation, not distance from the center of the earth. (Distance from the center does determine gravity, though).