Re: Open Letter to Glenn

David Bowman (dbowman@tiger.georgetowncollege.edu)
Sun, 04 Oct 1998 20:55:04 EDT

Regarding Glenn's question:
> ... . Ignoring the GR effects, did I get the
>special relativity calculation right or not? I would like to know that. :-)
>
>glenn

Ignoring both the GR effects and the planets' rotational motions (keeping
only the effect of the orbital motion) the relative differential time
dilations that I get for Earth and Jupiter would cause the Earth to
experience 0.126 sec less elapsed time over the course of a year than would
Jupiter.

David Bowman
dbowman@georgetowncollege.edu