Einstein's Theory of Relativity?

Question

It states that a person moving fast experiences time slower taht a person not moving at all. This is called Time Dilation.


How much slower does time go for those living on the Equator than for those living in New York?

Answer 1

Actually, that's not what the theory says at all.

Everybody, moving at any speed at all, experiences time at the same rate: 60 seconds per minute. They age at the same rate, live just as long, etc.

What the theory says, is that if Alice is moving faster than Bob, then Bob will see Alice aging slower. It will seem to Bob, that Alice's time is slower.

The equation is: time factor = 1/ sqrt( 1 - (v^2/c^2))
For speeds much slower than light, this is about
time factor = 1+ (v^2 / (2c^2))

At the equator, rotational speed is about 40,076 km per 23.934 hours, or 0.46512 km per second
Time factor = 1 + 1.20e-12

At New York City (latitude about 41 degrees), the speed is 0.35103 km per second.
Time factor = 1 + 0.68E-12

A stationary observer, over 1 year of his time, will see:
Equator: 1 year - 38 microseconds
New York: 1 year - 22 microseconds

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Answer 2

Einsteins theory is named RELATIVITY partly because velocities are relative. The time dilation has to do with relative velocities. For people living at the equator, time is not dilated compared to their frame of reference (other people living on the equator).

If you and your twin lived on the north pole, and then your twin went to live on the equator for a lifetime and then came back to the north pole, your relative velocity would mean you had experienced a little more time than your twin had. You would be a little older. Of course, the relative velocity involved is very small and certainly would not be noticeable.

A person at the equator is traveling a mere 1000 miles per hour compared to a person at the north pole.

Answer 3

V(new york)=1/2 Ve

Answer 4

well NASA once took an atomic clock around the earth a couple times at 600mph (and had another clock down on earth), and proved the theory right, however the atomic clocks differed by about 3 billionths of a second, so I'd say your younger than the equator people by not very much... that's a good question though

Answer 5

no measurable difference