[ETL]

yes the field propagates at the speed of light, but the effects inside the field are instantaneous.

I wrote earlier that if the Sun were to suddenly vanish, Earth wouldn't feel the effects for about 8 minutes. Do you disagree with that?

[LeGrande]

I wrote earlier that if the Sun were to suddenly vanish, Earth wouldn't feel the effects for about 8 minutes. Do you disagree with that?

No, because it would take that long for the field to collapse. Both propagation and collapse are at the speed of light.

The more interesting question is if the precise location of the sun as you see it would agree with the Suns actual position?

After we hash this out, we can figure out the ladder in the garage paradox : )

[LeGrande]

Sorry, second reply.

If the Sun were to vanish that would produce the gravity wave that we are desperately looking for. We could answer a ton of questions if that happened : )