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minus-squarecuerdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoThe gravity does not travel, the gravity is.
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf it didn’t travel, it wouldn’t take 8 minutes to stop right?
minus-squarecuerdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf the mass vanishes, then the gravity would also vanish, at the same time.
minus-squarecuerdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBut vanishing is magic, it goes against the laws of physics, so you could apply any fictional logic
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoFalse. If the mass vanished via magic, the effect would ripple out at the speed of light. Source, gravity waves which move at the speed of light.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoChanges in the gravitational field definitely travel, and do so at the speed of light. Look up LIGO
The gravity does not travel, the gravity is.
If it didn’t travel, it wouldn’t take 8 minutes to stop right?
If the mass vanishes, then the gravity would also vanish, at the same time.
But vanishing is magic, it goes against the laws of physics, so you could apply any fictional logic
False. If the mass vanished via magic, the effect would ripple out at the speed of light. Source, gravity waves which move at the speed of light.
Changes in the gravitational field definitely travel, and do so at the speed of light.
Look up LIGO