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← ScienceWhich consequence results when GPS satellite accelerometers fail?
A)Inaccurate spacetime curvature corrections occur✓
B)Excessive Doppler shift compensation results
C)Premature atomic clock synchronization drifts
D)Unnecessary solar panel reorientation activates
💡 Explanation
Inaccurate acceleration data leads to incorrect spacetime curvature estimates based on general relativity, because gravitational time dilation requires incredibly precise measurements. Therefore, the GPS receiver's position is immediately incorrect, rather than drifting only slowly due to clock errors.
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