does time have a speed?

Question

I mean, there are seconds and stuff, but how fast does time go? Does it even "go" at all, and what about other planets, wouldnt that mess it up?

Answer 1

Yes, 1 second per second.

Seriously, how we measure time is just arbitrary, that is, just used as a point of reference to compare to. Other planets, may not mess seconds up, but the days would be different in length. Perhaps we may have to go to metric time to sort this mess out, or find some neutral ground to sort out the basic unit of time, if we ever come to that.

Answer 2

Time isn't really an object with speed, it is really a dimension that is tied into 3D space, making space-time. If the geometry of space is altered, so is time, usually by means of matter warping spacetime (aka gravity). Sobecause of this, time doesn't have a universal "speed", it is just a dimension of space that differs in different places in the universe, affected by gravity and allows the geometry of space to evolve. Our perception of time is just how us 3 dimensional creatures travel through a 4th dimension.

Answer 3

Per the Relativity believers as of an object moves to close to light speed something magical happens the speed of time slows down. It becomes so slow that it almost stand still?
Personally I never really understood that ;but Who is to argue with relativity. We need the genious of Einstein to really Understand it.

Answer 4

time is a property of the big bang which we cannot isolate completely for testing purposes,,,,,,,,we cant bottle it,swish it,cut it......but we can slow it down(body in a heavy gravitational field decays,or ages more slowly) decay rate increases when grav field gets weaker).time,,space is a continuum,,,,,imagine an 'eight' on its' side,,apart but conjoined,that time is distorted or warped in a gravity field,,the stronger the grav field,the more the distortion,something like a basketball tossed onto a filled swimming pool with a plastic covering,gravity and acceleration are identical in their effect on the body involved,,,,,a covered elevator with you inside moving at 32 ft/sec/sec......in outer space,,,,is indistinguishable from a still elevator in the nyc library,,,,,,the other planets have a limited ,local effect on objects within their 'region of influence',,,,,,,the moon affects our tidal patterns,,disappearance of earth or the moon,means the other would speed up,slightly.in rotational speed,,flatten at the poles,wobble a bit more frequently.and bulge at the equator

Answer 5

Please think about atomic clocks. It records time as numbers of atomic oscillations, that is, it relates the frequency of atomic oscillations.
Time is also a measurement of celestial bodies rotation. You had mentioned other planets, you got the ideas. Currently, time is related the speed of earth's rotation.
At the event horizon, time may stand still.
Some scientists claim that they had slow time a very tiny bit.

Answer 6

Time varies depending on gravity and speed.

There is really no "universal" time. It's different in various places. When you are on an airplane, time is actually a tiny tiny bit slower for you compared to me on the ground.

Answer 7

Time is all relative. It depends upon what speed you are currently at.

Time would go alot slower if you were travelling at the speed of . (it slows down exponentially as you approach the speed of light)

Answer 8

i know what u asking if the movement of time have speed? no time is time even it's time movent. speed is speed. Although spaces are involve they are not the same.

Answer 9

the faster one travels the slower time goes

Answer 10

sweety, time is an abstract concept humans invented.
Time is not physical so it can't move!