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|    Sylvia Else to LuigiFortunati    |
|    Re: The universe of the traveling twin    |
|    22 Jul 17 22:19:57    |
      From: sylvia@not.at.this.address              On 23/07/2017 5:20 AM, LuigiFortunati wrote:       > Sylvia Else alle ore 18:00:21 del 22/07/2017 ha scritto:       >>> Obviously, for the traveling twin, rotations and earth revolutions do       >>> not appear to be regular.       >>>       >>> As time expands, they take place always more slowly than the       >>> terrestrial brother.       >>       >> Whether the travelling twin is moving away from Earth, or moving towards       >> Earth, time on Earth passes more slowly in the travelling twin's frame       >> that does his time (and vice versa, of course).       >>       >> However, in the frame of the travelling twin, time on Earth makes an       >> abrupt jump forwards when the twin reverses direction, whereas in the       >> frame of Earth, time for the travelling twin makes no such abrupt jump.       >> The moderator alludes to that below. Not that the travelling twin       >> observes any such jump through the telescope - all he sees is that the       >> rotation rate of Earth appears to increase.       >       > My spaceship rotates around the distant star and goes back without       > ever detaching the telescope that remains perennially focused on the       > solar system to receive continuously the images from Earth and the Sun.       > **       > **There is no "jump".       >              I have said that there is no jump in what is seen.              Sylvia.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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