Speed of gravity


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Posted by Michael Dayah (68.47.233.68) on January 09, 2003 at 07:38:47:

In Reply to: Re: Gravity: Does it exist? posted by Michael Dayah on December 30, 2002 at 19:42:51:

: ... There was an experiment to calculate its speed of propagation, but I don't remember hearing the results....

Turns out gravity propagates at the speed of light. To really understand the importance of this, imagine the Sun disappeared this instant. Earth would continue to orbit it for another 8 and a half minutes.


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