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Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth

From Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity, sci.math
Subject Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth
Date 2025-09-15 08:21 +0200
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Am Sonntag000014, 14.09.2025 um 13:37 schrieb FromTheRafters:
...
>>>>>> Earth is not a circle, it can be considered as a sphere, no straight
>>>>>> lines on a sphere, sorry.
>>>>>
>>>>> it's more than that
>>>>
>>>> I may agree it's more than a circle, I'm not going to agree it's a
>>>> circle.
>>>
>>> a sphere is made up by infinitely many circles, read the context, but
>>> that's not the point. The point is that you dismiss lines on circles,
>>> which makes you an idiot.
>>
>>
>> I don't know, what you're trying to say.
>>
>> But the Earth isn't neither a sphere nor a circle.
>>
>> Earth is is more like a massive ball, that is bugled outwards at the 
>> equator.
> 
> Yes, very close to an oblate spheroid.

The term 'sphere' and 'spheroid' belong to the surface of a ball and a 
rotation ellipsoid.


It's not recommended to call a ball 'sphere', because a sphere has no 
thickness.

TH

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Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-09 15:58 +0200
  Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-09 14:14 +0000
    Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-09 16:28 +0200
      Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-09 14:31 +0000
        Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-09 16:49 +0200
          Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-09 15:06 +0000
            Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-09 17:14 +0200
              Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-09 15:37 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-09 19:41 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-09 17:57 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-09 20:06 +0200
        Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Nathanial Walentowicz <nlaaa@iacaa.pl> - 2025-09-09 15:55 +0000
      Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2025-09-10 14:54 +0200
        Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-10 15:22 +0200
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            Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-10 21:21 +0200
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 07:17 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 15:25 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 17:32 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 15:41 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 18:05 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 16:17 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 18:24 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 16:26 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 16:45 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 17:07 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 19:07 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Moebius <invalid@example.invalid> - 2025-09-11 21:13 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 21:20 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 19:23 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 19:59 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 20:25 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 22:37 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 20:55 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 23:06 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 21:12 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-12 08:10 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-12 06:54 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Moebius <invalid@example.invalid> - 2025-09-12 09:16 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-12 07:48 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-12 09:56 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-12 08:22 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-12 10:56 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-09-13 08:27 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Moebius <invalid@example.invalid> - 2025-09-11 22:21 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Moebius <invalid@example.invalid> - 2025-09-11 21:12 +0200
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 10:26 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 10:51 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-13 13:32 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 11:39 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 12:11 +0000
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 12:38 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 12:43 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 12:49 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-13 15:00 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 13:06 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-13 15:16 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-13 15:36 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-13 15:26 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Jabari Kalbfleisch <eljkhk@bs.de> - 2025-09-13 19:03 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-13 21:19 +0200
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                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-14 06:36 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Henry Schultheiß <wt@icumuhl.de> - 2025-09-14 16:01 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-09-14 07:37 -0400
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-09-15 08:21 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth FromTheRafters <FTR@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-09-15 08:22 -0400
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2025-09-16 08:47 +0200
          Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2025-09-10 21:56 +0200
            Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 07:04 +0200
              Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2025-09-11 20:10 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2025-09-11 20:24 +0200
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth Python <jp@python.invalid> - 2025-09-11 18:28 +0000
                Re: Why "GR predicts light deflection" myth "Paul B. Andersen" <relativity@paulba.no> - 2025-09-11 20:45 +0200

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