A space shuttle orbits earth at 5 miles/second. A clock moving past us at that speed will lose time relative to our clocks.Time dilation tells us that while our clocks tick off 1 hour (T) the moving shuttle clock will tick off 1.3 millionth of a second less than an hour (T0) As the speed of the clock increases,  the effect becomes more noticeable. While our clocks tick off 1 hour, a clock moving half the speed of light ticks off 52 minutes a clock moving at 3/5 the speed of light ticks off 48 minutes a clock moving at 4/5 the speed of light ticks off 36 minutes a clock moving at 99% the speed of light ticks off 8.5 minutes Verify the results for the above 4 examples.

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A space shuttle orbits earth at 5 miles/second. A clock moving past us at that speed will lose time relative to our clocks.Time dilation tells us that while our clocks tick off 1 hour (T) the moving shuttle clock will tick off 1.3 millionth of a second less than an hour (T0) As the speed of the clock increases,  the effect becomes more noticeable. While our clocks tick off 1 hour,

a clock moving half the speed of light ticks off 52 minutes

a clock moving at 3/5 the speed of light ticks off 48 minutes

a clock moving at 4/5 the speed of light ticks off 36 minutes

a clock moving at 99% the speed of light ticks off 8.5 minutes

Verify the results for the above 4 examples.

 

 

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