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This is my first post so I hope I'm putting it in the right section
I searched for similar questions but could not find one.
Edington preformed his experiment where he observed the bending of light around the sun due to gravity.
I have been thinking this past weekend about a hypothetical situation.
What would happen if we had an extremely large mass and tried putting light into its orbit?
A spaceship can orbit the Earth with the right speed and altitude. So why can't we do this with light? (besides for it being non-practical in size.) If so what would it look like. Would it look different, Would we be able to add more photons to it? Is there a limit to how much it can hold, similar to are atmosphere and the amount of satelites that can be placed in it. What would happen with any light escaping from the mass?
What are your thoughts?
Many thanks,
smorningstar
I searched for similar questions but could not find one.
Edington preformed his experiment where he observed the bending of light around the sun due to gravity.
I have been thinking this past weekend about a hypothetical situation.
What would happen if we had an extremely large mass and tried putting light into its orbit?
A spaceship can orbit the Earth with the right speed and altitude. So why can't we do this with light? (besides for it being non-practical in size.) If so what would it look like. Would it look different, Would we be able to add more photons to it? Is there a limit to how much it can hold, similar to are atmosphere and the amount of satelites that can be placed in it. What would happen with any light escaping from the mass?
What are your thoughts?
Many thanks,
smorningstar