Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Gravitational lensing is JUST diffraction. Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:40:18 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 57 Message-ID: <6386ECC2.65C6@ix.netcom.com> References: Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="e8fb9f5cc3e33abca97a24292b135406"; logging-data="2618702"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18SaGvoGwEBclKe4PlbPpcXrxcq1jKlliQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:qOUb0SEhJIvleuB2UPFBI5E9VRc= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 221129-8, 11/29/2022), Outbound message X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:596488 Richard Hertz wrote: > > Distant sources of light (starlight, galaxy light) comes radially toward us, here on Earth. It's a flat frontwave because it's far enough, so components of any > frequency travel at the same velocity. > > If a massive celestial object happens to be in the path of the source of light, > a classical phenomenon of DUAL DIFFRACTION COULD HAPPEN. > > For this to happen (and it's NOT gravitational lensing), the diffraction index of > the BOUNDARY of such celestial object HAS TO BE different of that of vacuum. > > Light pass TWICE through such BOUNDARY which, in the case of the Sun, > can be interpreted as a spherical SHELL that surrounds the object that > causes DIFFRACTION. > > As distant light ENTERS into such boundary, its components are affected > differently due to a lower speed of light (n > 1, c' = c/n), so wavelengths > are affected differently. BUT, when the light GETS OUT of the spherical shell, > every component of the distant source of light IS RESTORED to its original > wavelength. > > Meanwhile, in this DUAL DIFFRACTION EFFECT, frequency of light IS > PRESERVED all the time, because THE ENERGY OF LIGHT can't change. > > But light path is deflected a little bit, enough to EMERGE from the boundary > and keep moving TOWARD US, without any modification. > > As the DIFFRACTION EFFECT is completely dependent of the diffraction index > AND IF the path of light was coming toward us, different PHOTOS show > effects like: ring of light (the boundary n is constant for all the perimeter; > light comes through ONE or TWO spots in the boundary of the interfering > celestial body; many other effects, like the famous cross). > > CONCLUSION: Light diffraction by massive celestial bodies like the Sun (something that WORRIED Eddington enough to write an entire page on > his 1919 report, claiming that it was impossible "for him") and the famous > gravitational lensing ARE A GIANT LIE, an HOAX maintained for a century > just to justify Einstein's calculation of 1.75 arcsec deflection. > > Gravitational lensing doesn't exist. It's just a mere diffraction phenomenon. > > And some people, of course NOT A RELATIVIST, know enough to write a > paper about this. Of course, it's labeled as the work of a crank. But he's > right. Here is the link (enjoy it and choke on it, Dono the cretin). > > Deflection of Light by Refraction, Not Gravity (Curve Geometry of Spacetime) > > https://medium.com/@GatotSoedarto/the-deflection-of-light-by-refraction-not-gravity-49b9bd919aba fake stars is wat it is... -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.