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To: RightWhale
Sound like "its gravity will cause the quasar's apparent position in the sky to shift by a distance that depends on the speed of gravity" would be a more fair statement.
6 posted on 09/05/2002 9:39:18 AM PDT by john in missouri
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To: john in missouri
Just wondering if this is the same idea as the measurement of the speed of light done a long time ago by observing and timing the orbits of Jupiter's moons.
8 posted on 09/05/2002 9:41:54 AM PDT by RightWhale
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To: john in missouri
Sound like "its gravity will cause the quasar's apparent position in the sky to shift by a distance that depends on the speed of gravity" would be a more fair statement.

I would posit that it's apparent position in the sky and its position in the sky are the same thing, since "in the sky" is only a particular reference frame based on a particular observation point - that of within earth's atmosphere.

Why do work when I can sit around picking at nits? ;)

Shalom.

23 posted on 09/05/2002 10:14:46 AM PDT by ArGee
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