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GPS Satellites Go Around the Earth in Orbits That Have 26,600 km26,600 \mathrm{~km}

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GPS satellites go around the earth in orbits that have a common radius of 26,600 km26,600 \mathrm{~km} and a period of 12 h12 \mathrm{~h} . Roughly how much less time would an atomic clock on a GPS satellite register between two events separated by exactly 24 h\mathrm{h} than clocks in the reference frame of the earth (ignoring gravitational effects on the satellite's clock rate) ?


A) About 10 ms10 \mathrm{~ms}
B) About 1 ms1 \mathrm{~ms}
C) About 100μs100 \mu \mathrm{s}
D) About 10 us
E) About 1 rs
F) About 10 ns

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