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Subject: Mass/Gravity Relation Question 17th June 2008, 7:44 pm
So does mass depend on the relativistic mass? Or the invariant mass?
Basically, does Mercury have more gravity when it approaches aphelion?
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Sirius_Alpha Admin
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Subject: Re: Mass/Gravity Relation Question 7th July 2008, 3:11 pm
Sirius_Alpha wrote:
So does mass depend on the relativistic mass? Or the invariant mass?
Basically, does Mercury have more gravity when it approaches aphelion?
My question was answered by someone a few weeks ago. He said that energy itself bends spacetime, which makes sense, I suppose. So an object going at relatavistic speeds would indeed induce a greater warping of spacetime... --> More gravity.
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marasama SuperEarth
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Subject: Re: Mass/Gravity Relation Question 8th July 2008, 3:48 pm
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