What is the discrepancy (according to an observer on the surface of the Earth), due to the general relativistic (i.e. gravity-based) time dilation, between the clock on the satellite and a clock on the surface after 1 day.
What is the discrepancy (according to an observer on the surface of the Earth), due to the general relativistic (i.e. gravity-based) time dilation, between the clock on the satellite and a clock on the surface after 1 day.
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the discrepancy (according to an observer on the surface of the Earth), due to the general
relativistic (i.e. gravity-based) time dilation, between the clock on the satellite and a clock on the
surface after 1 day.
Orbital Radius of GPS satellites: r= 2.64 x 10 n
Mass of Earth = 5.97 x 1024 kg
Gravitational Constant = 6.67 x 10-11m3 kg-1 s-2
Speed of light = 3 x 108 m/s
O 8.42 x 10-3 sec
5.97 x 10 sec
6.91 x 10-10
sec
4.53 x
10-5
sec
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