Relativity and the Global Positioning System

Details Relativity and the Global Positioning System Relativity and the Global Positioning System

May 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002pht....55e..41a&link_type=abstract

Physics Today, vol. 55, iss. no. 5, p. 41-47

Physics

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Artificial Satellites, Atomic Clocks, Global Positioning System, Light Speed, Navigation, Polarization, Relativity, Space-Time Functions, Tests

Scientific paper

We need general relativity to understand extreme astrophysical realms.
But the theory also turns out to be essential for the many mundane
activities that nowadays rely on the precision of the GPS.

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