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Originally Posted by modest
But, time dilation is a function of gravitational potential and the person at the center of the star has greater potential [where potential (U) is considered positive] than the person on the surface. The further from the center of the star, the less the potential and the slower clocks run.
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Thanks
However you will have to explain to me using only the concepts of relativity why the center of a star is consider to have greater gravitational potential than its surface because until then I will stick to the conclusion both the clocks*at the center and at an infinite distance would slow to a complete stop relative to the surface of a mass as it collapsed through its event horizon because relativity tells us that the differential gravitational forces they would experience at those points in space would be infinite.
Please try to explain it to me in terms of the relativistic properties the star internal gravitational potential not relative to anything outside of it.
Thanks Jeff
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