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I read this information:
[that the time is relative, because its related to the place, example if 2ppl born in the same time one of them on Earth and the other one on Jupitar ,when the first one become 60 the other one will be 5 only-according to jupitar -]
regarding the example i think that the human body has its own aging time which is related to the earth even if it is not living on it. i mean that the one who is on jupitar is 5 right, but his body will be a body of 60.
so in the future if we could live on other planets i dont think that our aging will be affected ,and if the planet has long day like jupitar we will have to divide it into years ,instead of dividing the years into days like the earth.

or thats not right and our bodies will really be affected by the place ,so if you travel to jupitar for two years you will comeback younger than your son.
what do you think?

2007-01-29 06:20:22 · 6 answers · asked by ink 2 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

6 answers

You're slightly misinterpreting the relationship.

Time is relative to speed. The faster you're travelling, the slower time moves, and the slower you age.

The young twin would have to spend the 60 years travelling very fast the entire time. For any time he spent on Jupiter (or some other planet), he would age at the same rate as his twin on Earth.

2007-01-29 06:29:45 · answer #1 · answered by Bob G 6 · 0 0

The orbit of Jupiter is far larger than that of earth. Therefore many more earth years will fit into one Jovian year. A year is defined by the time it takes a planet to orbit its star, not by a set amount of time.
A nine year old on Mars would be about sixteen on Earth.

2007-01-29 14:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Given what you suggest, i.e., that things slow down based upon your place of residence, then on Jupiter (please note correct
spelling) if all things slowed down to the pace of Jupiter's Calendar Year, it would take several Earth Days for a man on Jupiter to walk across a room in a Jupiter house, spoken words would take several Earth Hours each to speak aloud, and writing a simple letter to a friend across town would take several of our Earth years. So, if the two were ever to meet in person again, the Earth Man and the Jupiter Man, one would appear to be talking 90 miles per hour and the other frozen like stone in his speach.

2007-01-29 14:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0 0

Yes, a year on Jupiter is much longer (11.9 years) as it has a much longer orbit around the Sun. But this would have no affect on aging. This is a non sequitur.

2007-01-29 14:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0 0

Our body ages ai its own biological rate. It doesn't know about the orbit period for planets. The twins would age the same.

2007-01-29 14:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 0 0

I don't think so much, that's why I have a 5% of best answers.

2007-01-29 14:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by LynX 3 · 0 0

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