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-For this part of the discussion, image we are on Earth's moon.+For this part of the discussion, imagine we are on Earth's moon.
  
 If there is an experiment that is going to timestamp the results (or the data it has just collected), it grabs a timestamp from its own system clock. This clock has drifted from Earth-UTC due to relativistic effects as a result of the lower gravity. It sends that timestamp to the RPC server which adjusts it so it now represents the same moment in Earth-UTC. If there is an experiment that is going to timestamp the results (or the data it has just collected), it grabs a timestamp from its own system clock. This clock has drifted from Earth-UTC due to relativistic effects as a result of the lower gravity. It sends that timestamp to the RPC server which adjusts it so it now represents the same moment in Earth-UTC.
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