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A satellite orbits the earth near itssurface. By what amount does the satellite's clock fall behind the earth's clock in one revolution ?Assume that nonrelativistic analysis can be made to compute the speed of the satellite and only the time dialtion is to be taken into account for calculation of clock speeds. |
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Answer» ` GMm/ R^(2) = mv^(2) / R ` or, ` v = (sqrt GM / R) ` `= [ (6.67 xx 10^(11) NM ^(2) kg)]/6400 xx 10^(3) m ]^(1/2)` `= 7910 m s(^-1). Thus . `v /c = 7910 / 3 xx 10 ^(5) ` or, (sqrt 1 - (v/c)^(2)) = [1 - 6.95 xx 10^(-10)] ^(1/2)` `~~ 1 - 3.48 xx 10^(10) ` The time taken by the satellite to complete one revolution (this is proper time and 5080 s is IMPROPER time. ), `t = (1- 3.48 xx 10^(-10)) xx (5080 s) ` or, `t / 5080 s = 1 - 3.48 xx 10^(-10) ` or, `(t - 5080 s )/ 5080 s = 3.48 xx10^(-6) s .` The satellite's clock falls behind by 1.77 xx 10^(-6)s. `in one revolution . |
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