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Measuring gravity’s effect on time

The faulty launch of a pair of satellites gave an opportunity to measure how gravity affects the passage of time. The results agreed with the predictions of Einstein’s theory of general relativity

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Two satellites in elliptical orbits were used to measure time dilation in a gravitational field.

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