It's not a bad idea, Pete, but unfortunately the time dilation is really minimal unless you get up to a substantial fraction of the speed of light. For instance, even at solar system escape velocity at earth's distance from the sun (42 km/sec), a meteoroid's clock would be running at about 10 parts per billion slower than that of a stationary rock. (Additional note: due to general relativity, a clock on a meteoroid would be running about 0.6 parts per billion *faster* than a clock at the earth's surface, but that is more than made up for by the time dilation due to special relativity.)
Extra-credit question for the mathematically inclined: at what velocity relative to the earth would a meteoroid have to travel to have its clock stay in sync with a clock at the earth's surface? :-) --Rob -----Original Message----- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Pete Shugar via Meteorite-list Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 3:12 PM To: The List Subject: [meteorite-list] age of meteorites greetings to all, my background is in electronics. everything deals with either C or C2. Einstein states that nothing goes faster than the speed of light and that as you approach the speed of light, things get older slower. So this meteorite in it's travels is going at a rate that is a subtantual percentage of the speed of light. Has anyone taken this into consideration when placing an age on the meteorite? Just a thought to tickle the old brain cells!! Pete Shugar ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
