Eli5: How does gravity affect time, dumb it down for me as much as possible

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Eli5: How does gravity affect time, dumb it down for me as much as possible

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The closer you are to the center of gravity of a massive object, the slower time passes with respect to distant points. So time passes at a slower rate at the center of earth w.r.t. its surface. General relativity exactly describe how to calculate this difference.

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