Re: Moving masses

From: Rafael Valls Hidalgo-Gato (valls_at_icmf.inf.cu)
Date: 03/04/05 

Date: 4 Mar 2005 11:01:10 -0800

"Ian" <ian345@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<38qroqF5eu97hU1@individual.net>...
> Are there any objects in space with mass moving at fast speeds that would
> cause a measurable time dilation relative to earth.
The 24 orbiting satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Each one includes an atomic clock with a pre-launch time dilation
correction computed using SR and GR. All details in the following
article of Neil Ashby (University of Colorado):
http://livingreviews.org/Articles/Volume6/2003-1ashby

RVHG

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