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Why is there an orbital height of around 3,000 km where the amount of lost gravitational time dilation is precisely "cancelled out" by the added kinematic time dilation of the orbit?

asked May 20, 2023 in Time Dilation by CelestialEcho

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What if you travel to another universe where your counterpart was born in the date of birth that is 30 years later than yours?

asked May 20, 2023 in Time Dilation by Ray1

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How is what is E=MC2 compatible with time AND time dilation?

asked May 20, 2023 in Time Dilation by Knight Rider

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Is there a limit to how much time can be dilated?

asked May 20, 2023 in Time Dilation by EmberHorizon

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How do you handle simultaneity of timelike separated events (special relativity, physics)?

asked May 20, 2023 in Time Dilation by BlazeOracle

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How does cosmological time dilation differ from gravitational time dilation?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by EightBitMike

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How is proper time affected by time dilation?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by cappi

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How would anyone know that my clock was moving slower as I left point A towards point B at 70% the speed of light unless that information becomes available?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by adriatomy

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Is gravity a force? Why?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by me_owd_china

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What is the relationship between gravitational time dilation and length contraction?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by Parky (3.0k points)

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If time dilation is a fact then how could any extraterrestrial travel to earth, if the distance is a light year of more, and have any chance of returning home?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by CrystalPulse

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Did Newton ever think about time dilation in relativity?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by NebulaDreamer

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Are humans able to create any kind of time dilation similar to what is seen in the film Interstellar?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by _Jem_

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How does time dilation cause a trip that would take one year to take 100 years?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by pepperoniclassy

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What do speed and gravity have to do with time dilation?

asked May 19, 2023 in Time Dilation by gormac

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Is it possible to not be affected by time dilation?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by mardyoldgit

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How would an observer from Earth see a spaceship moving nearly light speed? Would he see the ship moving slowly because of time dilation?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by Dantrul272

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If two people were to experience time dilation at different rates, would they aged differently as a result?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by Surj

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What is the actual distance between earth and sun, actual time taken by sunlight to reach earth. Does they effected by length contraction and time dilation?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by barbels1

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If time is relative under SR, and time dilation made one clock exceedingly faster than another, wouldn’t an observer in the slower frame witness motion in the faster frame as FTL, not as a function of speed of motion but time, thereby preserving SR?

asked May 18, 2023 in Time Dilation by Guttercat

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