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From: "Paul B. Andersen"
Date: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Why does light bend under gravity?
From: "Paul B. Andersen"
Date: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Why does light bend under gravity?
Juan R. González-Ãlvarez skrev:
> Tom Roberts wrote on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:47:04 +0000:
>
>> The best model we have for the propagation of light near a massive
>
> no.
>
>> object like the sun is GR, in which the curvature of spacetime is the
>> important aspect in determining the path light follows. And it agrees
>> with measurements to part-per-million accuracy over an enormous range.
>
> Theories without spacetime curvature also agree with that.
>
Could you name one of those theories, please?
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Paul
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