Lycra sheet + support + massive balls = Gravity Visualized

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Lycra sheet + support + massive balls = "Gravity Visualized"

Neat "rubber sheet" analogy of the curvature of space time on YouTube. Skip to 5:57 for orbits around the Earth moon system if you don't have time to see the whole thing. Would have been nice to see that demo as a kid.



Url of the 5:57 mark,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTY1Kje0yLg#t=357
 
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