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Your position would be correct if I was a student; but I really am just looking for an answer. According to the answer to the following post, the equation, simplified, would be at perihelion: \delta t = \sqrt{1 - GM \left( 1 - \frac{a}{r} \right) \left( 1 - e^2 \right) /rc^2}...

So what is the equation for calculating time dilation in an elliptical orbit?

So is the answer no?

I realize that. I am not familiar with the correct way of writing "rate of change in time with respect to an immobile observer" but that is what I mean by "t". I am looking for the formula that defines rate of change in time for small OR large velocities, ie orbitting a small OR large mass M...

Thanks, here is the question with better wording and math: The formula for time dilation in a circular orbit is readily available but the literature seems to indicate it would not be so simple in the case of an elliptical orbit, and no simple formula seems to be available. Given that time...

The formula for time dilation in a circular orbit is readily available but the literature seems to indicate it would not be so simple in the case of an elliptical orbit, and no simple formula seems to be available. Given that time dilation in a circular orbit adds the velocity effect (GM/r) to...

Thanks Dale, JTBell and Vanhees, that is exactly the answer I was looking for.

Is E=mc2 the potential energy of a mass m? Is it the maximum energy such a mass can have? What is the correct term used to denote E in this context? For example, if an object is traveling at 10% of the speed of light, could one say it has a kinetic energy of 0.5 x m x 0.1² = 1/200th of its...