2007-09-28 21:20:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The theory of relativity implies that time slows down as you approach the speed of light (this effect has been proven experimentally), so if you could travel close to the speed of light out to Pluto and back, you would be slightly younger than someone who spent all their time here on Earth.
However, for a trip of this short distance, the difference would be negligible, virtually undetectable. To really see the impact of time slowing as a result of traveling at close to the speed of light, you would have to take a really long trip, like out to a nearby star and back.
Unfortunately, in order to accelerate to the speed of light, you would need vast amount of fuel and a ship capable of converting that fuel into energy.
2007-09-29 01:51:48 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it would be unmeasurably small. This would be due to the fact Earth moves faster, and is deeper in the gravitational well of the Sun (and that Earth has more gravity than Pluto), so a clock would run a bit faster on Pluto than it odes on Earth, for an external observer.
This, of course, assumes the astronaut does not travel very fast on the way to and on the way back from Pluto, as this acceleration would make HIM slower.
2007-09-28 21:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ten Earth years is ten Earth years. My problem is that it would take a whole lifetime to travel to Pluto (no longer considered a planet) and back by our standards, so my answer is we'd all be dead and the age difference would be irrelevant.
2007-09-28 22:26:03 · answer #3 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Way back in the daze of yore, some grey-beard scientists decided that Einstein was kidding. So... they took two highly accurate clocks, synchronized them... stuck one on a plane going east, the other on a plane going west and flew them around the world.
The clocks didn't agree.
^5 Dr Einstein!
2007-09-29 00:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude now this depends on your considerations.
One day on earth = 86400 seconds
But One day on pluto is NOT 86400 seconds
This is beacuse,
One day on any planet = The time taken by it to perform one cycle of rotation completely.
So irrespective of the person being on earth or pluto when he comes back after 10 years it is YOU who has to decide whether you would count the 10 years directly [taking the earth into consideration ] OR ELSE taking the number of years according to Pluto standard time
Lolzzzz
2007-09-28 21:56:15 · answer #5 · answered by Worst 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Maybe about 3 seconds. You couldn't travel fast enough to make much difference.
2007-09-28 23:28:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No change, if you never travel at or close to the speed of light.
2007-09-28 21:23:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We can try this... you go and stay on Pluto for next 10 years... atleast we will be saved from your erratic questions...
2007-09-28 21:43:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
tell me u
2007-09-28 21:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by only kewal 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
OBVIOUSLY NOT.
2007-09-28 21:57:48 · answer #10 · answered by kiran_keerti 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋