Einsteinian Clock East
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hodnej_pan
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Friday, January 4, 2008
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Origin:
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Czechia
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This Travel Bug is to be carried around the world eastwards. Please, move it to the East whenever possible!
It's an observed fact that, due to special relativity, clocks traveling around the world in opposite directions develop a difference in time measured by each of them. In October 1971, this has been proven by Hafele and Keating carrying atomic clock on board commercial jet liners.
The purpose of this Travel Bug and its fellow competitor is to commemorate the experiment and reproduce it on a much cheaper basis ;-) In 1971, the time difference between the two clocks was approx. 332 nanoseconds. Since time is passing faster for the clock going west, it should be the first to pass the finishing line. Let's see...
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