Episode Title

Psyche-ology and Generally Crazy Relativity

Series Producers

Joshua Colwell, University of Central FloridaFollow
Adrienne Dove, University of Central FloridaFollow
James Cooney, University of Central FloridaFollow

Streaming Media

Series Title

Walkabout the Galaxy

Keywords

psyche; general relativity

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics

Description

A remarkably accurate test of general relativity confirms that not only does time run slower at your feet than at your head, but it runs slower at your eyes than your eyebrows. Plus, Psyche loses some of its metallic sheen, and we have spacewalk trivia and much more.

Episode Sponsor

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Date Created

2-23-2022

Item Type

Podcast

Type

article

Length of Episode

45:09

Recommended Citation

Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "Psyche-ology and Generally Crazy Relativity" (2022). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 195.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/195