I know that as one approaches the speed of light, time moves slower for him. So, if I start moving a

Matthew Hubbard

Matthew Hubbard

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2022-05-19

I know that as one approaches the speed of light, time moves slower for him. So, if I start moving as fast as 99% of the speed of light and travel away from Earth for 1 day and come back, I'll see that (suppose) about 1 year has passed on Earth.
Question is, if everything is relative, then how can we say that I was the one moving and Earth was the one staying?

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Bumanro5mv

Bumanro5mv

Beginner2022-05-20Added 9 answers

This is known as the Twin Paradox. It isn't really a paradox, and as stated above, this is because only one of the frames is accelerating. The point of view of the guy on the rocket isn't an inertial frame of reference.
Edith Mayer

Edith Mayer

Beginner2022-05-21Added 4 answers

It is the Twin Paradox. Browse the net and almost always the return home phase is said to clear the issue. They can comunicate using light signaling. They will receive the signals equally red shifted and they can not decide wich one is older, except if they decode the message.
In this way I think that the problem is undecidable under the light of Einstein Special Relativity.

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