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minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 hours agohttp://scienceprimer.com/lunar-and-solar-tides Yes, the tidal effect of the sun would disappear, and that would probably make the oceans all fucky suddenly (after an 8 minutes lag).
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoDoes gravity travel at the speed of light?
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 hours agoOf course. It can’t travel faster
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoYes. General relativity.
minus-squarecuerdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 hour agoThe gravity does not travel, the gravity is.
minus-squareAlk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIf it didn’t travel, it wouldn’t take 8 minutes to stop right?
minus-squarecuerdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 hour agoIf the mass vanishes, then the gravity would also vanish, at the same time.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 minutes agoFalse. If the mass vanished via magic, the effect would ripple out at the speed of light. Source, gravity waves which move at the speed of light.
minus-squarecuerdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoBut vanishing is magic, it goes against the laws of physics, so you could apply any fictional logic
http://scienceprimer.com/lunar-and-solar-tides
Yes, the tidal effect of the sun would disappear, and that would probably make the oceans all fucky suddenly (after an 8 minutes lag).
Does gravity travel at the speed of light?
Of course. It can’t travel faster
Yes. General relativity.
The gravity does not travel, the gravity is.
If it didn’t travel, it wouldn’t take 8 minutes to stop right?
If the mass vanishes, then the gravity would also vanish, at the same time.
False. If the mass vanished via magic, the effect would ripple out at the speed of light. Source, gravity waves which move at the speed of light.
But vanishing is magic, it goes against the laws of physics, so you could apply any fictional logic