What is gravitational time dilation?
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Gravitational time dilation is a phenomenon whereby time runs slower when in a higher gravitational potential. Put simply, the closer you are to a large body like the Earth the slower time runs, thus time runs slower for someone on the surface of the earth compared to someone in orbit around the earth...
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Gravitational time dilation is a form of time dilation, an actual difference of elapsed time between two events as measured by observers situated at varying distances from a gravitating mass. ... The existence of gravitational time dilation was first confirmed directly by the Pound–Rebka experiment in 1959.❤️
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