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Subject:
Relative Time
Category: Science > Physics Asked by: darth_henry-ga List Price: $20.00 |
Posted:
22 Nov 2005 04:02 PST
Expires: 22 Dec 2005 04:02 PST Question ID: 596154 |
If time changes with Speed, what is the difference in a second on a fixed point in space, for examply the center of the universe, compaired to a pixed point on earth which is rotating round the Milky Way and which in turn is moving away from the center of the universe. |
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Re: Relative Time
From: qed100-ga on 22 Nov 2005 04:29 PST |
In Einsteinian relativity, there are no fixed points in space. No unique center of the Universe. There are only relative distances & velocities between pairs of reference systems. Given a pair of systems with a relative velocity (v < c), there will be a Lorentz transformation (the gamma factor) of time & length given by gamma = 1/SQRT[1 - (v^2/c^2)] |
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Re: Relative Time
From: kottekoe-ga on 22 Nov 2005 23:38 PST |
That is all true, however, we do know how fast the earth is moving with respect to the cosmic background radiation (CBR). This is as close as we can come to defining a reference frame for the "center of the universe". The earth is moving at approximately 370 km/s toward the constellation Virgo. This is roughly one thousand times slower than the speed of light, so the Fitzgerald contraction factor is roughly: 1/sqrt(1 - 0.000001) ~ 1.000002 So we would observe a clock that is stationary in the rest frame of the CBR ticking slower by about 2 parts in a million, or about one minute per year. A very small effect but easily measurable with a good quartz crystal clock as reference. Of course an observer stationary in that frame would note that OUR clock is the one going slower. That's the cool thing about relativity! |
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