Physics Asked on December 7, 2020
If a spaceship left Earth for the galactic center at 3pm one day, traveling at extremely close to the speed of light (say 99.9999999%), then a second spaceship left at 4pm, would they arrive an hour apart, or would time dilation interfere?
It depends on which clock (or which reference frame) you use to measure the interval between their arrival.
If measure the interval between arrival using a clock that is not moving at relativistic speeds relative to the earth and is not in a significantly different gravitational field to the earth then you are measuring the time interval in a reference frame that is essentially the same as the earth's reference frame. In this reference frame the two spaceships take the same time to complete their journey, so they arrive one hour apart.
Answered by gandalf61 on December 7, 2020
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