Relativity in the Global Positioning System
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- 28 January 2003
- journal article
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- Published by Springer Nature in Living Reviews in Relativity
- Vol. 6 (1) , 1-42
- https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2003-1
Abstract
The Global Positioning System (GPS) uses accurate, stable atomic clocks in satellites and on the ground to provide world-wide position and time determinatiKeywords
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