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Which distortion occurs because accelerometers cannot differentiate gravity?

A)Spacetime interval contraction appears minimal
B)Inertial mass gradients become negligible
C)Apparent acceleration contaminates navigation data
D)Gravitational redshift offsets Doppler velocities

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Corrupted navigation data occurs because accelerometers employ the equivalence principle. This inability causes gravitational acceleration mimicking true motion, therefore data is skewed rather than pure inertial updates because only perceived acceleration, not source, directs measurement.

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