Submitted by [deleted] t3_zu704d in askscience
mutandis57 t1_j1jx87a wrote
Reply to comment by Squishymushshroom in Are people in the international space station experiencing time faster than us? by [deleted]
> But a person on ISS will tell you the same thing about earth!
You can only say that about spaceships flying past Earth in a straight line. The ISS goes in circles, i.e. always changes directions. Only the Earth reference frame is "inertial". As Duros001 said above, this creates not just a perceptual but an actual measurable difference between the clocks on Earth and ISS - the clock on ISS will tick slower and all observers will agree on that.
[deleted] OP t1_j1l5y6y wrote
[removed]
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments