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Report number | IPPOG-WG-2024-007 |
Title | Einstein's Relativity in Action – the GPS Navigation System knows it |
Author(s) | Galante, Lorenzo (Torino) ; Naumann, Thomas (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) ; Mueller, Katharina (University of Zurich (CH)) ; Foka, Yiota (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE)) |
Publication | 2024 |
Imprint | 2024-08-01 |
Subject category | Education and Outreach |
Keywords | IPPOG Working Group ; Outreach or Application for Society |
Abstract | One unexpected real-life application of Eistein’s theory of relativity, used by almost everybody every day, is the GPS navigation system. Some details of how this works are given in this short story. |
Submitted by | [email protected] |