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SomeKindOfAdult t1_jdflv3u wrote

Reply to comment by cheatme1 in So from what I understand Sagittarius a is in the Center of Milky Way. If any planets orbit this black hole would there be time dilation? by EarthInteresting9781

Time dilation due to gravity wells has been well tested by satellites in Earth's orbit. They aren't as deep in Earth's gravity well and experience less time dilation. It's very tiny, but measurable.

Even more, specific, the orbit of Mercury is affected by time dilation due to how close to the Sun it is in a very noticeable way. This was a real mystery - people speculated there had to be another planet pulling on it, named Vulcan - until Einstein proposed Relativity as the correct answer.

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cheatme1 t1_jdfm2qx wrote

I appreciate this explanation even more you even went into details thanks great fact check

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