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Subject: What experimental proof is there that gravity bends light?

Date: Fri Sep 24 04:11:26 1999
Posted by Daniel Manning
Grade level: 10-12 School: Murwillumbah High School
City: Murwillumbah State/Province: N.S.W. Country: Australia
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 938160686.As
Message:

I heard in about year 5 that gravity bends light. And that Eienstien was 
the one who fortold this phenomena and proved this during a solar eclipse. 
He said it was a perfect demonstration that gravity actualy bends space 
and time. But as most intelligent people know this is quite imposible 
becaue it would require space/time to take on the properties of the 
previosly dismised ether theory. So geting to my point now, other than in 
the sun/eclipse experiment, has light been observed to bend around an 
object that does not have a huge electomagnetic field, or large expanse of 
gas around it ,ie the solar corona. Because these things would have a very 
lage effect on such an unacurate experiment.

Anyone's thoughts on this mater would be greatly apreciated.

Regards, Daniel


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