03-28-2003, 08:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gutterboy
You got it the wrong way round. Time runs slower relative to a stationary object as speed increases. The experiment you referred was probably the one where an atomic clock was mounted inside an SR - 71 Blackbird.
Satellites that use atomic clocks have to be calibrated because they run slightly slower than those on earth. Orbital velocity and their distance from the earths gravitational field both effect it in the same way.
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