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The earth would keep orbiting a non existant sun for 8 minutes?

(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:29, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
I wonder how different a trajectory it would be to just travelling off in a straight line

(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:30, Reply)
We've done this one before I seem to remember.

(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)

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(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:34, Reply)
Yes

(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)
Gravity is a field, like magnetism
I guess it takes a while for it to reach us.
(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:32, Reply)
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.
(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:34, Reply)
You're a mass.

(, Fri 12 Aug 2011, 15:36, Reply)

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