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[Physics] Does gravity have 'elasticity'? If a solid sun-sized object zooms across space at the speed of light, then abruptly stops, does it take gravity some time to 'settle' around it?

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[Physics] Does gravity have 'elasticity'? If a solid sun-sized object zooms across space at the speed of light, then abruptly stops, does it take gravity some time to 'settle' around it?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Is it a stable/static effect no matter what, or is it a bit more stretchy/bouncy depending on how the object is behaving?

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I don’t know why, but the idea of the Earth yeeting off into space at 67,000 mph all of a sudden is really funny to me.

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