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Re: Speed of gravity? - confused

Vince — 8/21/2001 10:04:57 AM (archived)

Hello,
If the suns mass did vanish (hypothetically) we still wouldn't feel the effects for 8.5 minutes. When you say go straight ahead, when (at what time) do you mean? After 8.5 minutes or would there be a slow degredation of our orbit around the sun?
see ya VINCE

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Speed of gravity? - Vince - 8/21/2001 8:48:12 AM
- Even if gravity were instantaneous, we wouldn't know it with current tech - ebnelson - 8/22/2001 5:07:28 PM
- Speed of space-time expansion (think 'inflation') - DA - 8/21/2001 5:15:24 PM
- Re: Speed of gravity? - gbaikie - 8/21/2001 9:08:25 AM
  - Re: Speed of gravity? - gbaikie - 8/21/2001 9:18:12 AM
    - Re: Speed of gravity? - gbaikie - 8/21/2001 10:46:41 AM
- Re: Speed of gravity? - Raoul - 8/21/2001 9:02:08 AM
  - No, not instantaneous - phil - 8/21/2001 9:25:27 AM
    - Re: No, not instantaneous - Raoul - 8/21/2001 9:45:37 AM
  - Re: Speed of gravity? - Vince - 8/21/2001 9:21:13 AM
    - Re: Speed of gravity? - Raoul - 8/21/2001 9:44:33 AM
      - Re: Speed of gravity? - confused - Vince - 8/21/2001 10:04:57 AM
        
        Re: Speed of gravity? - confused - FrankC - 8/21/2001 10:40:12 AM

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