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Fig. 15. Global positioning system, GPS satellites are among the few objects larger than sub-atomic particles that can sense relativistic time dilation. While they travel at much less than the speed of light, they do travel very swiftly and have extremely accurate clocks on them.

There are many, many sites on the web explaining relativity. Below I've listed the ones I happen to feel were particularly useful.


Peter Ceperley, November 2010

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