Aswad
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ORIGINAL: ARIES83 Thanks for that Aswad, good explanation, a lot better that trying to visualize relativistic mass. Thanks for the compliment. You're welcome, of course. quote:
While your at it can you do a similar version for time dilation? The distance travelled along a curved path between two points is longer than the distance travelled along the straight path between the same two points. When the local gravitation is weak, you're moving in a straighter line through time than would be the case if the local gravitation were strong, because gravity introduces curvature in the spacetime. Local time, the time you experience, is analogous to the actual distance travelled. You can verify this yourself with a pair of very precise clocks and a vacation on a high mountain. Such has been done as a family outing by one clock enthusiast, although granted he's pretty "into" timekeeping, being one of the few people around to privately own a hydrogen maser frequency standard. I'm not sure, but I think a rubidium frequency standard might be accurate enough, and those can be had for maybe fifty bucks on eBay for a unit with enough time left on it. IWYW, — Aswad.
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