Despite SR being touted as critical for GPS
Despite SR being touted as critical for GPS, there's no observable time dilation between two satellites moving at the same speed in opposite directions, as the twin paradox would suggest.
Despite SR being touted as critical for GPS, there's no observable time dilation between two satellites moving at the same speed in opposite directions, as the twin paradox would suggest.
Why? Because the system averages orbital parameters, assuming symmetry.
On 30-Apr-25 10:02 am, rhertz wrote:
Despite SR being touted as critical for GPS, there's no observable time
dilation between two satellites moving at the same speed in opposite
directions, as the twin paradox would suggest.
The issue is not between the rates for different satellites, but for the rates between each satellite and an observer on the ground.
On 30-Apr-25 10:02 am, rhertz wrote:
Despite SR being touted as critical for GPS, there's no observable time dilation between two satellites moving at the same speed in opposite directions, as the twin paradox would suggest.
The issue is not between the rates for different satellites, but for the rates between each satellite and an observer on the ground.
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