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A satellite is launched into an orbit at an altitude 200 kmabove the surface. Onboard is an exquisitely sensitive atomic clockthat is synchronized with an identical clock on Earth. Afterorbiting for one year, the satellite is captured, returned toEarth, and the clocks compared. What will be the shift in timebetween the two clocks?

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Alright the given information isThere are two types of time dilation One is due to relativevelocity and the other due to proximity to a massive objectFirst the time dilation due to velocity is explained in theSpecial Theory of Relativity which posits that as you approachnear light velocities the time in the moving frame of referenceslows down by a factor which is the lorentz factor Using this the time dilation ofobject moving at a velocity v will experience time dilation    See Answer
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