Do you age slower on the equator?

Yes. The flaw is that you are ignoring general relativity. The poles are closer to the center of the Earth and are thus deeper in the Earth’s gravity well than is the equator. The combined effects of gravitational and special relativistic time mean that clocks at sea level tick at the same rate.

Do things travel faster or slower at equator?

“Anything on earth at the equator is rotating 1000 mph faster than anything at or near the poles. Time dilation would infer that time therefore moves slower at the equator.

Where on earth does time move the fastest?

Yes, time goes faster the farther away you are from the earth’s surface compared to the time on the surface of the earth. This effect is known as “gravitational time dilation”. It is predicted by Einstein’s theory of General Relativity and has by verified multiple times by experiments.

Why do things move faster at the equator?

Because of the rotating earth, a point at the equator moves faster than a point at higher latitude. Both points make one full rotation at the time of one day, but the point at the equator has to travel a longer distance. For this reason, the point at the equator is moving faster.

Is time slower in the North Pole?

While the Special Theory tells us that a clock at the equator runs more slowly than one at the pole, the General Theory tells us that the clock at the pole runs more slowly than the one at the equator. Amazingly these two effects exactly cancel each other out and clocks at the equator and the pole remain synchronised.

Is time different on the North Pole?

At the North Pole, 24 time zones collide at a single point, rendering them meaningless. It’s simultaneously all of Earth’s time zones and none of them. The sun rises and sets just once per year, so “time of day” is irrelevant as well.

How long is daylight at the equator?

twelve hours
Also, the total path of the Sun, day and night, is divided equally by the horizon. There are always twelve hours of daytime and twelve hours of night-time at the equator, except for two minor effects that increase daytime by about eight minutes.

Does time go faster in space than on Earth?

Time dilation goes back to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, which teaches us that motion through space actually creates alterations in the flow of time. The clock in motion will tick more slowly than the clocks we’re watching on Earth.

Why are there no Coriolis at the equator?

Because there is no turning of the surface of the Earth (sense of rotation) underneath a horizontally and freely moving object at the equator, there is no curving of the object’s path as measured relative to Earth’s surface. The object’s path is straight, that is, there is no Coriolis effect.

Why can’t we go to the South Pole?

Antarctica is the only continent on Earth without a native human population. Since no country owns Antarctica, no visa is required to travel there.

Is time different at the poles?