Chapter 2, Problem 4CQ

You are gliding over Earth’s surface at a high speed, carrying your high−precision clock. At points X and Y on the ground are similar clocks, synchronized in the ground frame of reference. As you pass over clock X, it and your clock both read 0. (a) According to you, do c1ock X and Y advance slower or faster than yours? (b) When you pass over clock Y, does it read the same time, or a later time than yours? (Make sure your answer agrees with what ground observers should see.) (c) Reconcile any seeming contradictions between your answers to pans (a) and (b)