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Time dilation: the clock in orbit runs fast

Chapters

1. A clock error is a position error0:00
2. Speed, which slows it down0:22
3. Height, which speeds it up0:43
4. The two do not cancel1:04
5. What it costs on the map1:22
6. The fix is a factory setting1:42
7. Payoff2:08

Time dilation: the clock in orbit runs fast. Your phone does not know where it is. It works it out by listening. Every satellite overhead is broadcasting one thing, over and over: the time on my clock, right now. Your phone c

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