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		JumpCrisscross on Jan 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How far could the sun possibly be? Mass and energy curve spacetime. So you could accelerate two clocks identically and still have to correct for nearby mass and energy.

AnimalMuppet on Jan 22, 2024 [–]

Well, sure. I was thinking of stations that are a few tens of km apart on a flat region of Earth, so I don't think that would be much of an issue.

lazide on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

Depends on how many digits of precision

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