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    Graduate Figuring out Clock Desynchronization

    This is probably what I was looking for. It seems to me that "B" (in their diagram) is what Bill observes the clock on Mars when he is passing by Earth. Then it's clear that Bill observes the clock on Mars being ahead by 80 seconds. Then when he reaches Mars, he observes that the Mars clock...
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    Graduate Figuring out Clock Desynchronization

    Hey, I can't seem to get my equations to work correctly to get the right numbers. I'm looking at the example here (A One Way Trip (Twin Paradox). In the lab frame (rest frame of the planets) I get this. Mars is separated by 100 light-seconds, and Bill travels at 0.8c. Therefore, Jim...