Concept that simultaneity depends on choice of reference frame
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On spaceships, map-clocks may look unsynchronized.Event B is simultaneous with A in the green reference frame, but it occurred before in the blue frame, and will occur later in the red frame.Events A, B, and C occur in different order depending on the motion of the observer. The white line represents a plane of simultaneity being moved from the past to the future.