Re: Sorry not what I'm saying, didn't read it right
Posted by Bill Gill on Mar 10, 2002 at 21:38
(208.191.79.35)Re: Sorry not what I'm saying, didn't read it right (dogrock)
This might not be directly germane to the discussion, but there is a relativistic effect that is applied to one of the planets. When they first started calculating the planets orbits using Newtons laws they found that Mercury's orbit was just a little bit off. They spent years trying to figure out what was wrong. They even postulated a new planet (Vulcan) inside the orbit of Mercury. They finally resolved the problem when Einstein announced the General Theory of Relativity. The mass of the Sun provides a relativistic warping of space that affects Mercury's orbit. That was one of the early victories for General Relativity.
Follow Ups:
- Its relevant. Got Dale and Kremer mixed up dogrock 11/3 21:24 (2)
- Re: Its relevant. Got Dale and Kremer mixed up Bill Gill 11/3 21:42 (1)
- ok, about relativity dogrok 11/3 22:16 (0)