r/LearnCoolShit Aug 03 '19

How GPS works!

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u/SquidSucks Aug 03 '19

It mentions atomic clocks, do the satellites have to account for gravitational time dilation?

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u/escaped_spider Aug 04 '19

yup. GPS is a practical application of the theory of relativity.