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← ScienceWhich risk increases when a GPS satellite violates the equivalence principle?
A)Positional data becomes inaccurate✓
B)Solar panel degrades much faster
C)Signal encryption becomes compromised
D)Atomic clock rapidly desynchronizes
💡 Explanation
Violation implies differential effects of gravity. Relativistic effects from Earth's gravitational field cause time dilation; this is normally compensated according to the the equivalence principle because proper time must align. Therefore, without proper compensation, positional data becomes inaccurate, rather than a sudden clock fail.
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