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Gravitational-Time dilation?
See how the Earth's gravity slows time down by a second a century ( oh you didn't , well to bad lol ) and the sun's gravity slows time down by a minute per year, what is the equatioin for this.
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- oldprofLv 76 years ago
dt = dT sqrt(1 - (Rs/R)^2); where the Schwartzchild radius Rs = 2GM/c^2 and M is the gravity source mass (e.g., Earth or the Sun).
EX: dt = dT sqrt(1 - (Rs/R)^2) for Earth = M. Look up Earth's mass and find its Rs. Plug in dT = 100 centuries in seconds; and solve for dt. You'll need to carry this out to many decimal points to show a e = dT - dt = 1 second difference.
