how much gravity (or mass) does it take to bend light, say ... one foot?

Subject: how much gravity (or mass) does it take to bend light, say ... one foot?

Date: Sun Sep 17 21:09:42 2000
Posted by dave luckow
Grade level: nonaligned School: n/a
City: kimberly State/Province: wi Country: outagamie
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 969239382.As

Message:


i ask this question because i wondered if you could make a gravitational 
(somewhere in the distant future) telescope.   my theory.. a ring of 
moveable astaroids with a central focusing station.

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