# Relativity: Even if an hour on Planet X is ten years on Planet Earth, don't events happen equally fast?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relativity-even-if-an-hour-on-planet-x-is-ten-years-on-planet-earth-dont-events-happen-equally-fast/1004700 "2024-07-23T18:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relativity-even-if-an-hour-on-planet-x-is-ten-years-on-planet-earth-dont-events-happen-equally-fast/1004700/21 "2024-07-24T01:01:32Z")

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No worries

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relativity-even-if-an-hour-on-planet-x-is-ten-years-on-planet-earth-dont-events-happen-equally-fast/1004700/22 "2024-07-24T01:02:27Z")

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@Ulysses: You’re gonna need a bigger towel. 😉

FTR I too had missed that that was the current topic / context so I’ll take the towel once you’re done w it. D’oh!

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