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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.   
      
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