Is motion of an object affected by its own curvature of space-time?

Subject: Is motion of an object affected by its own curvature of space-time?

Date: Thu Jan 17 15:17:15 2002
Posted by Telamon
Grade level: grad (science) School: carleton university
City: ottawa State/Province: ontario Country: canada
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1011298635.Ph

Message:


Since mass curves space-time and planets orbit elliptically in 3-D, due to the 
curvature of space-time, how are the orbits stable?  In other words, an object 
follows curvatures in space-time, but it has mass, thereby creating its own 
curvatures in space-time.  Is its motion affected by its own curvature of space-
time?

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