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Axuality
Sep17-09, 03:33 PM
That is, does gravity travel instantaneously? Have we ever been able to measure the speed with which 'gravity travels'?

Sorry!
Sep17-09, 03:44 PM
I'm pretty sure the speed of gravity is theoretically = to c. I think an experiment was done a few years ago to determine this actually... I'm not sure of the results.

George Jones
Sep17-09, 04:14 PM
I'm pretty sure the speed of gravity is theoretically = to c. I think an experiment was done a few years ago to determine this actually... I'm not sure of the results.

See

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=681816#post681816.

Sorry!
Sep17-09, 09:15 PM
See

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=681816#post681816.

hey thanks for that :p