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Pretty much, yes! Obviously the speed of light and orbital motion/distances make things tricky but not impossible. I think I’m also saying that since time pass
by imoverclocked 6y ago
Pretty much, yes! Obviously the speed of light and orbital motion/distances make things tricky but not impossible.
I think I’m also saying that since time passes at different rates in different gravity scenarios, a single external reference may be the best way to coordinate time… even outside of our solar system.
- imoverclocked 6y agoActually, “single external reference” might be wrong here. Using multiple pulsars might give us a better fix for our position +time solution across large distances.
- imoverclocked 6y agoEven cooler is that this has apparently and unsurprisingly already been explored.
- gorgoiler 6y agoThese replies are intriguing, thanks. Do you have some good links / references I can follow?
- imoverclocked 6y agoPulsar positioning system: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.03316.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.03316.pdf While not a primary source, it's still an answer to absolute time from pulsars: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/175981/can-you-use-pulsar-observations-to-determine-absolute-time-how-long-can-you-go https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/175981/can-you-u...