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ccobbra2018-11-21 21:49:55
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ccobbra, 2018-11-21 21:49:55

Time at near-light speeds?

If I take off from Earth at near-light speed (99 percent of the speed of light, and 99.999999%), fly to a star 1 light year away, turn around and fly back to earth, how much time will pass on my watch? And how much time will pass on the clocks of people from Earth?

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Moskus, 2018-11-21
@Moskus

https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5...

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Nikita Ermilichev, 2018-11-21
@Masas

~17696.8396419 Hours to fly back and forth
Time will pass the same for you and on earth

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