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Originally Posted by stitt29
You know how Atomic clocks in orbit have to be reset because bending spacetime or something. What is actually happening? Do the clocks go slower (or faster) in a weaker gravitational field? Is the difference the result of atomic decay being variable in differing gravitational fields?
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A clock in weak gravitational field will run more quickly than one in a strong gravitational field, all other things being equal. Atoms will decay more quickly in a weak gravitational field. People will age more quickly in a weak gravitational field. Time just runs more quickly in a weak gravitational field.
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Also if there is a time difference( say between a clock on Earth and one in orbit) if we were to physically move the clocks so they met in the same gravitational field i.e. the surface of the Earth would the clocks right themselves and become synchronous?
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If you put the clocks side-by-side in the same place, they will run at the same rate. Any differences in their settings will remain, however.