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Quando usar Gravitational Redshift 3D Explorer

Use this explorer when you want to see how gravity - not motion - reddens light and slows clocks, and skip it when you want the geometry of curved spacetime or a black hole.

  • Classroom demos of gravitational redshift and time dilation
  • Showing why GPS needs general relativity to work
  • Separating gravitational redshift from Doppler redshift

This is an educational visualization with exaggerated wavelengths and clock rates, not a numerical relativity simulation.


Desvio para o vermelho gravitacional: numeros

Numeros do desvio para o vermelho gravitacional lado a lado: Gravitational Redshift 3D Explorer compara Pound-Rebka (~2.5e-15), ~633 m/s do Sol e Sirius B a ~80 km/s.

Compare os numeros do desvio para o vermelho gravitacional: Pound-Rebka, o Sol, Sirius B e os relogios GPS.
Desvio para o vermelho gravitacional: Pound-Rebka, o Sol, Sirius B e relogios GPS.
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Pound-Rebka (1959, torre de 22,5 m)desvio de ~2,5e-15
Desvio para o vermelho do Sol~633 m/s (2 ppm)
Desvio para o vermelho de Sirius B~80 km/s
Taxa do relogio GPS~38 microssegundos/dia mais rapido

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