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Two atomic clocks are synchronized. One is placed on a satellite which orbits around the Earth at high speeds for a whole year. The other is placed in a lab and remains at rest with respect to the earth. You may assume both clocks can measure time accurately to many significant digits.
a) Will the two clocks still be synchronized after one year?
b) imagine the speed of light is much lower than its actual value. How would the results of this experiment change if the speed of light was only twice the average speed of the satellite? Explain your reasoning using a calculation.
Someone already posted this homework question (See link below) and I was wondering if someone could answer a few questions.
So for question A
The person the forum, found the theoretical time in seconds for one year, which is easy enough to get however, how did this person find theoretical velocity (3x103m/s) ? And is that velocity based on the atomic clock in respect to the Earth's reference? Question B)
Average speed of a satellite, is that something that can vary? IF so how would I know which speed to use?
Sorry this question is very confusing for me.
Reference:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/atomic-clock-time-dilation-experiment.565750/
Two atomic clocks are synchronized. One is placed on a satellite which orbits around the Earth at high speeds for a whole year. The other is placed in a lab and remains at rest with respect to the earth. You may assume both clocks can measure time accurately to many significant digits.
a) Will the two clocks still be synchronized after one year?
b) imagine the speed of light is much lower than its actual value. How would the results of this experiment change if the speed of light was only twice the average speed of the satellite? Explain your reasoning using a calculation.
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Someone already posted this homework question (See link below) and I was wondering if someone could answer a few questions.
So for question A
The person the forum, found the theoretical time in seconds for one year, which is easy enough to get however, how did this person find theoretical velocity (3x103m/s) ? And is that velocity based on the atomic clock in respect to the Earth's reference? Question B)
Average speed of a satellite, is that something that can vary? IF so how would I know which speed to use?
Sorry this question is very confusing for me.
Reference:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/atomic-clock-time-dilation-experiment.565750/