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Chenkel
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Hello everyone,
Suppose there is an airplane that is taking off from an airport but before it takes off it synchronizes it's clock to zero with the clock at the airport.
In the rest frame of the plane the airport is moving, so you could argue ##T_{plane} = \gamma*T_{airport}##
In the rest frame of the airport the plane is moving and you could argue ##T_{airport} = \gamma*T_{plane}##
How can these two equations be true simultaneously?
If you compare the two clocks after a flight of the plane which clock will read less time and why?
Any help will be appreciated, thank you.
Suppose there is an airplane that is taking off from an airport but before it takes off it synchronizes it's clock to zero with the clock at the airport.
In the rest frame of the plane the airport is moving, so you could argue ##T_{plane} = \gamma*T_{airport}##
In the rest frame of the airport the plane is moving and you could argue ##T_{airport} = \gamma*T_{plane}##
How can these two equations be true simultaneously?
If you compare the two clocks after a flight of the plane which clock will read less time and why?
Any help will be appreciated, thank you.