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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
The earth would keep orbiting a non existant sun for 8 minutes?
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Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:29,
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I wonder how different a trajectory it would be to just travelling off in a straight line
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:30,
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We've done this one before I seem to remember.
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:32,
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Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:34,
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Yes
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:32,
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Gravity is a field, like magnetism
I guess it takes a while for it to reach us.
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Kroney, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:32,
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No, gravity is the attraction between two masses
it's not an actual thing like light or e/m radiation.
It only exists where two masses are near each other.
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Bazongaloid, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:34,
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You're a mass.
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Kroney, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:36,
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