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KingBigness
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I understand that Newton thought that the effect of gravity was instantaneous, however Einstein believed it to 'travel' at the speed of light. I also read that in 2002 scientists concluded that gravity traveled at 1.06 times that of the speed of light but with an error of plus or minus 0.21 putting it in the range of the speed of light.
My question that has been keeping me up at night though is, if the light from the sun is 8 minutes old, does that imply that we are in fact not orbiting the sun but orbiting where the sun was 8 minutes ago?
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.
My question that has been keeping me up at night though is, if the light from the sun is 8 minutes old, does that imply that we are in fact not orbiting the sun but orbiting where the sun was 8 minutes ago?
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.