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Does it beat the pulsar clock [1]? And will standing next to clock make it go wrong because of the change of the gravitational field? [1] http://en.wikipedia.o
by danbruc 13y ago
Does it beat the pulsar clock [1]? And will standing next to clock make it go wrong because of the change of the gravitational field?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar_clock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar_clock
- kabdib 13y agoPulsars are actually pretty noisy. Starquakes, infalling matter and braking due to drag on the magnetic field jink the rotational frequency around a lot, comparable to a good clock (you could probably compensate for the braking effects, but the quakes are another matter).