Richard E. Keating

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Richard E. Keating was an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks flown on commercial airliners.

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instanceOf American
person
physicist
coAuthorWith Joseph C. Hafele NERFINISHED
coConducted Hafele–Keating experiment NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer United States Naval Observatory NERFINISHED
experimentDate 1971
experimentName Hafele–Keating experiment NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork experimental physics
physics
influencedField experimental tests of relativity
metrology
timekeeping standards
knownFor Hafele–Keating experiment NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableWork Hafele–Keating experiment NERFINISHED
occupation physicist
publicationTopic precision timekeeping
relativistic time dilation
publishedIn Science (journal) NERFINISHED
testedConcept time dilation
testedTheory Einstein's theory of relativity NERFINISHED
general relativity NERFINISHED
special relativity
usedClockType cesium-beam atomic clock
usedInstrument atomic clock
usedMethod transport of atomic clocks on aircraft
usedPlatform commercial airliner
verifiedPhenomenon gravitational time dilation
kinematic time dilation
relativistic time difference between moving and stationary clocks
workLocation United States Naval Observatory NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.

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Hafele–Keating experiment namedAfter Richard E. Keating
Hafele–Keating experiment performedBy Richard E. Keating