hedge@beehaw.org to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoI Thought About Making Travel Plans for the Eclipse—Then I Had a Realization.slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareMaxHardwood@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoLight is a constant and there isn’t gravitational lensing between the Earth and Sun. Any light from the Sun always reaches us at the same speed of roughly 8 minutes
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThat’s what I said (minus a typo). (to nitpick however… there is some effect on the timing depending on how the planets align… wonder how a Moon right on its path impacted it)
Light is a constant and there isn’t gravitational lensing between the Earth and Sun. Any light from the Sun always reaches us at the same speed of roughly 8 minutes
That’s what I said (minus a typo).
(to nitpick however… there is some effect on the timing depending on how the planets align… wonder how a Moon right on its path impacted it)