Thank you very much, I appreciate you taking the time to help me better understand all of this. The problem I was having was with the algebra and I wish I had been more clear about that from the beginning to make it easier for you. I do also, however/obviously, have a need to understand the...
After a lot of research and much studying, I have come up with two possible understandings.
The gravitational constant can be understood more simply as 6.67*10^-11 N. The dimensional analysis lead me to believe that the other letters were just a way of expressing what was going on in relation...
Okay, thank you for that insight it helps immensely. I will probably still have a question or two but I will study that first and give it some time and try to resolve it before I post back.
Sorry I guess I should have been clearer and maybe I did not post in the right place because it is more of a math problem, though it pertains to physics.
If you were to solve this yourself, how would you do it step-by-step? I am just not sure how to resolve some of the numbers such as the...
Hi, I was just hoping for some help in explaining the steps to solving an equation using the universal gravitational constant. I can easily find the answer online but not easily find out how to actually solve it, since I want to understand what I am doing.
I understand the basics of equation...
Ah, okay I believe I understand the concept behind it. In a way it appears to be similar to the ball bouncing on the train and the differences between the observers, since both are in motion albeit relative to each other. At least, that is what helped me understand it (whether they are...
Okay, the concepts themselves make sense to me and I "see" what you are saying. What I still do not understand (or am not "getting") is how/why time is slowed near a mass/gravitational field? Is it the curvature of the space-time around it, i.e. it is more curved close to it than further away...
Thank you for the clarification, I believe I understand the straight/natural path now (at least enough so that I can sort the rest out in my head). However, the rocket event you described touched on something else and I am having a hard time grasping that concept now. I see how it ties into...
Okay, I think I understand what you are saying though it may take me a little bit to process it all.
Also after thinking about it some more I think I was able to view it another light as well. Since the Sun's mass projects a force then to go to "straight" through it would take X amount of...
I had another question, that being how objects curve space-time. Specifically the Sun and the planets and how their elliptical orbits are actually straight lines, just curved by the Sun's mass.
Again I understand the concept behind this, if you were to depict this using a graph then the same...
Awesome, the outside observer viewing it from a huge distance away made it clear to me, tyvm. I knew I was missing something and I knew it was obvious but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
So, you would have to be completely separated from all motion in the universe to know the absolute...
I am just trying to understand the concept regarding space-time with regards to the observer. I will use the concept I heard of the ping pong ball bouncing straight up and down on a table in a moving train with regards to an observer on the train and one outside of it.
I understand the...
[Edit] Sorry, I deleted my comment and decided to start my own post for it. Although it was about the same subject, the question about it was different. Sorry for intruding your post.