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Therefore, there is no frame dragging or geodetic effect. Sincerely, Kansas On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Cool. > > http://wsws.org/articles/2011/may2011/nasa-m13.shtml > > Einsteins theory of gravity confirmed by NASA probe > > NASA has just announced that Einsteins theory of gravity, also known > as the General Theory of Relativity, has been verified in two ways by > its Gravity Probe-B (GP-B) with astonishing accuracy [1]. The > experiment was begun in 2004 when a satellite containing four > specially developed gyroscopes was put into orbit around the earth, > passing over the North and South poles. > > GP-B measures two predictions of Einsteins theory known as the > geodetic effect and the frame dragging effect. The geodetic effect is > the amount that space and time is warped by the gravitational mass > of the Earth, well known in non-technical explanations of the theory. > The frame-dragging effect is less well known, though it was predicted > by the Austrian physicists Josef Lens and Hans Thirring in 1918 only > two years after Einstein first published his General Theory. This > effect results in local space and time being pulled by the rotation of > the Earth. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338023 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
