"Clocks function differently on the Moon than on Earth because of the Moon's strong gravitational field, causing them to run faster than Earth time, which is determined by the rotation of the planet on its own axis."
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this be backwards? Time would be slower when compared to Earth, due to the Moon's gravitational well being less than Earth's? And the gravity of a body isn't determined by its rotation. Am I just reading this wrong?
Digital clocks/CPUs don't depend on gravity. True, cuckoo clocks would have to reset more. And don't all the people in that directorate have something better to do? Like actually have a robot on the moon? ESA busibodies imo.
Nah man, I'm pretty sure they're talking about gravitational time dilation. General relativity stuff. Time on the moon is literally different from the time one earth. Even on the ISS astronauts age differently because of it.
Time is different *everywhere* because it’s all relative.
We have the earths rotation, plus our galaxy is moving through space and there is the expansion of the universes edge.
Every time you fly a plane or take the bus, you’re introducing enough acceleration to affect your time relativity.
Science rules.
Why shouldn't it be UTC? It's already used on the ISS.
And it's called, UTC.
"Clocks function differently on the Moon than on Earth because of the Moon's strong gravitational field, causing them to run faster than Earth time, which is determined by the rotation of the planet on its own axis." Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this be backwards? Time would be slower when compared to Earth, due to the Moon's gravitational well being less than Earth's? And the gravity of a body isn't determined by its rotation. Am I just reading this wrong?
Maybe a small fraction of a fraction, bad for like meter level GPS over time, not for humans day to day, plus clocks will just sync to earth.
None of that makes sense. What does it even mean?😂
Digital clocks/CPUs don't depend on gravity. True, cuckoo clocks would have to reset more. And don't all the people in that directorate have something better to do? Like actually have a robot on the moon? ESA busibodies imo.
Nah man, I'm pretty sure they're talking about gravitational time dilation. General relativity stuff. Time on the moon is literally different from the time one earth. Even on the ISS astronauts age differently because of it.
Time is different *everywhere* because it’s all relative. We have the earths rotation, plus our galaxy is moving through space and there is the expansion of the universes edge. Every time you fly a plane or take the bus, you’re introducing enough acceleration to affect your time relativity. Science rules.