[time-nuts] Re: gravity fields affect time keeping?

[Lux, Jim]

On 1/31/23 9:19 AM, Bob Camp via time-nuts wrote:
> Hi
>
> Early on the design of the folks in charge didn’t think that the impact on the GPS clocks would matter.
> Somebody did the math and found that the tuning range on the Cs standards was not adequate to
> compensate for the relativity issues. They modified the standards before they got to far down the
> production process.
>
> How accurate is that? I heard the same story from multiple folks back in the late 70’s early 80’s. Each
> version was pretty specific about names and numbers. I’ve always assumed it was true.
>
> Bob


Now that IÂ  think about it, that might special relativity - due to the 
velocity of the satellite, not the gravity field.