Deep Space Atomic Clock

Meena
2 min readJun 2, 2021

For deep space travel

For those of you who are not aware of this, our clock syncs its time with the ground based atomic clock, that’s how we can tell the exact time. And how atomic clocks gets its time you ask? They get it by measuring the electromagnetic signal that electrons in atoms emit when they change energy levels. Because of its accurate readings, these are too bulk and are power hungry and can remain…

Meena

Cyber Security Professional | Amateur Astronomer | My nerdy space stuff and the “lot” from my blog LifeSpaceAndTheLot — https://linktr.ee/theallinone

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