Two twin sisters synchronize their watches and simultaneously (from the earth frame) depart earth in different directions. Following a predetermined flight plan, each sister accelerates identically to 99.9%c and then returns home at the same time (again in the earth frame). The observers on earth see each twin as having aged identically, as the symmetry of the problem dictates. Each twin however should see the other as having aged... What gives?
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