Recent content by patdolan

And why is that?

Nugatory, the Big Ben Paradox thread is always closed at some point on every moderated physics platform. Usually in short order. What other argument can be made against it, other than closure? Before you close the Big Ben Paradox thread, could you kindly provide us some links to other threads...

No, Nugatory. There is no inconsistency in my assumptions. At non-relativistic velocities, such as the earth's orbital velocity around the sun, the Newtonian approximation to the GR solutions are close enough. So we can take the Newtonian calculations for the earth's geodesic to be (almost)...

That Big Ben must run at a time dilated rate of .5 compared to the distant observer's wristwatch is an iron clad requirement of special relativity. Imagine Big Ben by itself rushing towards you at gamma = 2. Like any other clock rushing towards you, it would have to run at .5 the rate of your...

Consider a distant observer traveling at .867 c ( 𝛾=2 ) relative to the solar system along the line that is collinear with the sun's axis of rotation. As the clockwork solar system spins beneath him, the distant observer peers through his powerful telescope at Big Ben in London. After taking...