Speed of Time
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From: glird on 6 Jan 2010 13:19 On Jan 5, 4:40 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 25 2009, 5:27 pm, Ste <ste_ro...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 25 Dec, 20:39, snapdragon31 <snapdrago...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Dec 25, 6:21 am, "Dirk Van de moortel" > > > > <dirkvandemoor...(a)nospAm.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ste <ste_ro...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > ee5c4ca0-faf6-46a8-8565-c830f685d...(a)m16g2000yqc.googlegroups.com > > > > > > I was just wondering, can anyone tell me at what rate time advances on > > > > > earth? > > > > > I suspect you won't like this answer, but every clock tells > > > > you how its time advances, and the theory that relates one > > > > clock's time to another clock's, is the theory of relativity. > > > > > Dirk Vdm > > > > The rate time advances is 1 sec per sec. That is true for all clocks > > > including those malfunction clocks in relativity. > > > Let's do the maths with that then. Time advances at a rate seconds/ > > seconds (i.e. 1 second for every second). Any number divided by itself > > is 1. Therefore time advances at 1 second. > > Small problem with units there. Can you spot it? Ssssure, itsss ssssimple. (Anyone elssse sssspot it?} glird
From: glird on 6 Jan 2010 13:35 On Jan 5, 4:52 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ste <ste_ro...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >< What changes is the astronaut's relative length (i.e. length contraction). And soon, in a separate post, I'll tell you why length contraction is not the same for the homebody as it is for the astronaut. > That will be VERY interesting. Along the way, perhaps you will explain what you mean by "length contraction". (In STR, the length contraction IS the same to both observers.) glird
From: PD on 6 Jan 2010 14:01
On Jan 6, 12:35 pm, glird <gl...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Jan 5, 4:52 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:> Ste <ste_ro....(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >< What changes is the astronaut's relative > > length (i.e. length contraction). And soon, > in a separate post, I'll tell you why length > contraction is not the same for the homebody > as it is for the astronaut. > > > That will be VERY interesting. > Along the way, perhaps you will explain what > you mean by "length contraction". > (In STR, the length contraction IS the same > to both observers.) > > glird You have mangled the attribution above. Try again. |