Re: Confirmation of Relativity (correction)

["William J. Larson" <bill_larson@CSI.COM>]

Should the "twice" below also be 3/2?

> The Virial Theorem ties both effects to each other where the
> gravitational effect is stuck being twice the kinetic effect for a
> fixed-radius orbit.

Cheers,
Bill Larson
Geneva, Switzerland

----- Original Message -----
From: David Bowman <David_Bowman@GEORGETOWNCOLLEGE.EDU>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: 2000 May 05 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: Confirmation of Relativity (correction)


> Oops!  It looks like I made an error in my previous post concerning the
> threshold orbital radius for the time dilation effect on the Earth to
> exceed the time dilation effect on an Earth-orbiting satellite (in a
> circular orbit).  I had claimed that that threshold orbital radius was
> twice the radius of the Earth.  Today I rechecked my math from last night
> and I found an error.  The correct threshold orbital radius is 3/2 times
> the Earth's radius (rather than 2 times).  It seems I don't do my best
> work after midnight.
>
> Sorry about the confusion.
>
> David Bowman
> David_Bowman@georgetowncollege.edu