Thank you very much, MFB! Everything is much more clear to me now!
Just to make sure I'm really in the same page: since the receiver does not rely on an internal atomic clock and thereby calculates relative distances based on satellites timestamps, relativistic effects are not much of a...
Mfb, would you mind explaining (briefly) how GPS receivers without atomic clocks actually make those calculations, just for me to understand how a clock running ahead can affect the calculated position?
Hello everyone,
Although I am not a physicist, I have been trying to understand the relativity effects on GPS clocks.
It's seems pretty logic, however I've stumbled upon on a specific issue:
Given a atomic clock without any kind of relativistic adjustment, if the GPS clock is running...
You are absolutely right! It so obvious, do not know how I missed this simple but important detail! I will try to think a little bit more next time! Thank you very much!
I was thinking in a hypothetical situation where I am seated on a spaceship cockpit, actually stationary, and right in my direction, far far away, there is another military spaceship firing laser beans at the speed of light towards me. Imagine that actually I can see those beans coming before...
Hello everyone,
First of all, I'd like to apologize if this question has already been discussed here at the forum. However, I've read dozens of discussions and none of them have helped to find a solution to this specific scenario I have in mind right know.
I have been reading a lot of...