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Scientists Attempt to Measure the Speed of Gravity
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| 4 September 2002
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI NEWS RELEASE
Posted on 09/04/2002 5:23:02 AM PDT by ShadowAce
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The speed of dark is the same as the speed of light, don't you see?
To: neutrino
red shifted - ?
Doesn't this correpsond to a doppler effect, one that is due to the perception of the receiver? That is, if you are observing a star moving away, then the wave frequency you perceive is slower than the one emitted. If, however, you were to accelerate in the direction of the emitter, the shift in frequency that you perveive would diminish.
Would this not also happen to (the effects of) gravity?
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09/07/2002 11:41:46 AM PDT
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Rudder
To: neutrino
Also, as far as I am aware, no one has actually been able to "measure" gravity---although there has been at least one serious attempt. The concept of the speed of gravity may be just a construct and not related in a physical manner to the phenomenon itself. Who knows? I sure don't.
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09/07/2002 11:48:27 AM PDT
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Rudder
To: Rudder
Well, that was my original thought, exactly. But Physicist
was kind enough to point out the error in my logic. You might wish to see post #9 on this thread.
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09/07/2002 11:50:11 AM PDT
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neutrino
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