jyunwai@lemmy.ca to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoResearchers more precisely calculate how much faster time passes on the moonphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkResearchers more precisely calculate how much faster time passes on the moonphys.orgjyunwai@lemmy.ca to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoOkay, TIL: it passes faster due to a shallower gravity well, rather than my expectation that it would pass slower due to its orbital velocity around the earth. For astronauts in LEO, time passes slower because of the latter.
Okay, TIL: it passes faster due to a shallower gravity well, rather than my expectation that it would pass slower due to its orbital velocity around the earth.
For astronauts in LEO, time passes slower because of the latter.