Special relativity indicates that, for an observer in an inertial frame of reference, a clock that is moving relative to them will be measured to tick slower than a clock that is at rest in their frame of reference. This case is sometimes called special relativistic time dilation. The faster the relative velocity, the greater the time dilation between one another, with time slowing to a stop as one approaches the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s).
Uncle Ken is trying to use earth bound math to explain an interplanetary phenomenon. Like I said, much of the Theory of Relativity is counter intuitive, I suppose because it's effects are not noticeable here on Earth. Time dilation, for instance, only becomes apparent at greater speeds and distances than either of us is likely to encounter in our lifetime, especially at our age.
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