Seems you all are stuck in the notion of forces.
If you instead look at the suns gravitation as an alteration of the space
around the sun, much like a stone would make a bump if placed on a stretched-out blanket, and the earth is a much smaller stone circling the bigger one, what would you then mean by "suddenly switch off" (the impact on the blanket caused by the mass of) the big stone? The question, even if hypothetically put, does not make sense.
Originally posted by BirkmoorAnother who doesn't read threads before replying?
Seems you all are stuck in the notion of forces.
If you instead look at the suns gravitation as an alteration of the space
around the sun, much like a stone would make a bump if placed on a stretched-out blanket, and the earth is a much smaller stone circling the bigger one, what would you then mean by "suddenly switch off" (the impact on the blanket ca ...[text shortened]... ed by the mass of) the big stone? The question, even if hypothetically put, does not make sense.
My appologies if this has been covered erlyer, but im to lazy to read this entire thread.
Gravity acording to some theorys is a bending of space, this is why light (which has no mas) can be effected by a black hole, it goes in a straight line, its just that space is bent, there for there is no time needed for gravity to travel, its just "under" space.
Other theorys have the graviton (string theory for example) and this is far to bizare for me to comprihend, so that might take time to travle. I would loke to point out however that this is a pointles question as gravity cant be terned off, so by braking one rool of the univerce, all the others kinda fall to bits anyway!
Originally posted by o0Ziggy0oArgh. It's an epidemic.
My appologies if this has been covered erlyer, but im to lazy to read this entire thread.
Gravity acording to some theorys is a bending of space, this is why light (which has no mas) can be effected by a black hole, it goes in a straight line, its just that space is bent, there for there is no time needed for gravity to travel, its just "under" space. ...[text shortened]... be terned off, so by braking one rool of the univerce, all the others kinda fall to bits anyway!