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Well well well just another time Einstein way light years a head of science. The time difference between Earth and Mars is small but still exists.
Clocks on Mars tick faster by about 477 microseconds each Earth day, a new study suggests. This difference is significantly more than that for our moon, posing potential challenges for future crewed missions.
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity shows that time in a given area depends on how strong the gravity is there. Clocks in areas of high gravity tick more slowly than those where gravity is weaker, which is why people residing atop mountains age a fraction of a millisecond faster than sea-level dwellers.
10 sats \ 1 reply \ @winteryeti 11h
So the workday could go slower or faster on another planet? That's going to fook over a lot of space workers in the future. Urggg.
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I know right!!! Lol
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That’s way higher than I would have guessed
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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 11h
I cant imagine what like Jupiter or Saturn are due to their huge mass
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Yeah, I figured this would be an almost immeasurably small effect
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I'm not sure why it would pose significant challenges for future missions though, unless those missions are for very extended periods of time.
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