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This article reminds me a lot of the book "A Fire upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge. While reading this article and viewing the diagram of the Milky Way, I wonder
by pseudocook 8y ago
This article reminds me a lot of the book "A Fire upon the Deep" by Vernor Vinge.
While reading this article and viewing the diagram of the Milky Way, I wondered, does time pass more slowly from the point of view of those bodies near the center of the galaxy, which are moving more quickly?
- macintux 8y agoOf course the faster you go the slower time passes but you have to travel at least 30% the speed of light to make a dramatic difference. See the table here: http://www.emc2-explained.info/Time-Dilation-at-Low-Speeds/ http://www.emc2-explained.info/Time-Dilation-at-Low-Speeds/
- macintux 8y agoAlso: the star with the shortest known period orbiting our central black hole travels no faster than 1% the speed of light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S0%E2%80%93102 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S0%E2%80%93102
- mikhailfranco 8y agoPeak stellar speed observed as "nearly 3% the speed of light": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05825-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05825-3 which appears to be rounded up from actual 2.55% value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2_(star)#May_2018_pericentre_passage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2_(star)#May_2018_pericentre_...