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[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 78 points 3 months ago

If I understand that right, gravity also moves in space at the speed of light, therefore Earth will keep on orbiting for 8min around nothing?

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 46 points 3 months ago

It's sort of how if you hold a slinky on one end hanging down, then drop the slinky, bottom will not start falling until the top reaches it. In a sense, bottom will be hanging onto nothing. But of course that nothing is tension from the top of the slinky.

[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

That was an intuitive way to think about it, thank you.

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