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Originally Posted by avandonk
All I can say is that when Peter is at 40,000 ft his watch will get the GPS correction signals before us landlubbers. So he will always be more correct than the rest of us! I have calculated this gap to be about 40 micro seconds.
This is close to the margin of being a winner in the Olympics and a loser!
Bert
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It's an interesting point Bert!
GPS clocks are indeed corrected for both special relativity and general relativity to account for their relative motion and height above the earth's gravity well.
As for that watch...won't be wearing it to work. Mickey's hands on my work-watch are far more readable
