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Thank you, I will definitely check out your suggestions.

Shoot! I thought I was onto sompthin! :eek:

You all are great! Thank you for your input!

It is a bit perplexing to me... I read most of the link... I'm not qualified in the equations anymore... Calculus 3 was a blur in college :redface: however, From what I understand about SR is that time outside the spaceship (from the perspective of the person accelerating in the spaceship ) goes...

I just realized that I left out a notable part of my scenario. "In the scenario, I guess you could be in space with a telescope looking down on someone on a planet, bouncing a ball. Their time would be going slower with respect to your time. (For the sake of argument let's just say the...

Pervect: But from our perspective it does seem to stop for all practical purposes. I do see what you mean though.

Yes. see forum thread ... https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=624220 You have to think of the masses as a whole. The time dilation is greatest at it's center.

Thank you all so much! Your answers are very enlightening! One more question...So is it at the Schwarzschild radius that time stops or the center?

Fascinating! So, can I assume the time dilation is actually at it's greatest at the exact center of mass?

With respect to time in empty space, how massive does a planet have to be to affect the time to the point where the planet's time runs half the speed of empty space time?

Assumptions: 1. Gravity at the center of the Earth is zero. 2. Time is slower on the surface of the Earth with respect to time in empty space (far away) Is time still affected (slowed down) at the center of the earth?

Cool, Thanks!

I think the equation E= γMc^2 can be used for both reference frames as far as velocity goes, however is it not just one way as far as gravitational time dilation goes?

Thank you! This helps!