Re: Question about time dilation
- From: "Androcles" <Engineer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:27:11 GMT
"Martin Hogbin" <goatREMOVETHIS123@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: "Martin Hogbin" <goatREMOVETHIS123@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > "LuckyE" <D.Lucky.E@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > > Hi,
: > >
: > > I have another question, I was reading up a bit on time dilation and
: > > since my knowledge of relativity is limited I was wondering something.
: > >
: > > I read there's both inertial time dilation by a speed difference
: > > between two objects and gravitational time dilation, and although I
: > > can get the gravitational part. The inertial time dilation doesn't
: > > make a whole lot of sense to me.
: >
: > > If two objects are moving at different speeds relative from each
: > > other, then how can either one know which is the one moving?
: >
: > That is a good question but it has many answers. An observer
: > travelling with one object could look at the other object and see
: > that it was moving, for example.
: >
: > > For all
: > > they know they're moving at the same speed away/towards each other.
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: Ignore may answer above,
Ok, it was nonsense anyway.
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