The way to test the pushing of the universe on an object is this. When 12 midnight, place an abject on a scale, (the bigger the better). As the earth rotates toward 12 noon, the object will become lighter. That's because it is a correct theory. The law of Gravity could be flipped to Albert Einstein being correct, and Newton disproved. Agree or Disagree and why?
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The difference in weight, if it could be measured accurately enough, is due to the sun and its position with respect to your location and that of the scale on Earth. The lighter weight at around noon would be due to the sun being overhead and lifting on the object to make it lighter than when the sun is on the other side of the Earth and pulling the object toward the Earth rather than away from it.
The main difference between the two theories would be that Newton's law of gravity does not include any travel-time lag for the effect of the sun's gravity to reach the Earth. Einstein's theory says that the maximum gravity would not get to the Earth until about 8 minutes after noon, since gravity's changes travel at the speed of light, which takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth from the sun.
This effect cannot be used to tell the difference between the two theories in this case, however. The effect of the sun's gravity will have already traveled the 8 light-minutes of distance to the spatial location where you and the scale are before you, the scale, the object, and the Earth rotate around Earth's axis and move along Earth's orbit to reach that exact location and rotational alignment. So the effect acts the same as though the gravity had traveled from the sun to the Earth instantaneously, as assumed to be the case in Newton's theory.
The main difference between the two theories would be that Newton's law of gravity does not include any travel-time lag for the effect of the sun's gravity to reach the Earth. Einstein's theory says that the maximum gravity would not get to the Earth until about 8 minutes after noon, since gravity's changes travel at the speed of light, which takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth from the sun.
This effect cannot be used to tell the difference between the two theories in this case, however. The effect of the sun's gravity will have already traveled the 8 light-minutes of distance to the spatial location where you and the scale are before you, the scale, the object, and the Earth rotate around Earth's axis and move along Earth's orbit to reach that exact location and rotational alignment. So the effect acts the same as though the gravity had traveled from the sun to the Earth instantaneously, as assumed to be the case in Newton's theory.
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You have left out enough details, that it is unclear what you are trying to say.
If you simplify Einstein's General Relativity (essentially) by letting c->infinity, you get Newton's gravitation. In your example, both theories make the same quantifiable claim.
Light has no mass. Newton says then that light must be unaffected by the "spooky action at a distance" of gravity. Yet light is effected, and differently than even the fastest material particle.
Newton fails to correctly describe the advancement of the perihelion of Mercury. GR does not have this problem.
Please, your teachers wrongly thought it would be a good idea to teach you a simple, straightforward theory of gravitation. They did not think you would worship it, thinking you had to learn nothing more.
You don't need to, but if you are questioning it, be sure you learn first what it is you are questioning:
http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkok…
If you simplify Einstein's General Relativity (essentially) by letting c->infinity, you get Newton's gravitation. In your example, both theories make the same quantifiable claim.
Light has no mass. Newton says then that light must be unaffected by the "spooky action at a distance" of gravity. Yet light is effected, and differently than even the fastest material particle.
Newton fails to correctly describe the advancement of the perihelion of Mercury. GR does not have this problem.
Please, your teachers wrongly thought it would be a good idea to teach you a simple, straightforward theory of gravitation. They did not think you would worship it, thinking you had to learn nothing more.
You don't need to, but if you are questioning it, be sure you learn first what it is you are questioning:
http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~dkok…
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The law of Gravity by Newton agrees well with this fact.
Hence you cannot ascertain that Newton disproved, by this fact.
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Hence you cannot ascertain that Newton disproved, by this fact.
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