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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes a GPS satellite clock to desynchronize faster than its ground based counterpart?
A)General relativistic time dilation✓
B)Atmospheric drag deceleration
C)Special relativistic velocity addition
D)Quantum entanglement decoherence
💡 Explanation
Gravitational time dilation, which stems from spacetime curvature, is stronger at Earth's surface; therefore, satellite clocks tick faster than on Earth because they experience less curvature rather than atmospheric drag or velocity effects, which are secondary.
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