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Gravitation Anomaly Measured

Posted by michael on from the everything-you-know-is-wrong dept.

Rob Riggs writes "Is there a hole in Einstein's Theory of Relativity? A story in The Economist talks about an apparent gravitation anomaly recorded during solar eclipses. According to Chris Duif at the Delft University of Technology, the 'Allais effect' is real, unexplained, and could be linked to another anomaly involving a the Pioneer spacecraft. More detailed information can be found in the paper he has just posted on arXiv.org."

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  1. Re:3rd body problem? by SparafucileMan · · Score: 1, Troll

    Computer geeks take notice: the 3-body problem is equivilent to Turing's halting problem, Godels enteinscheidensproblem (sp?), determining Lambda normal forms, etc. Basically its a computer/logical/mathematics problem as much as it is a physics problem: if we could give an equation that could determine the 3 body problem we could solve any problem on earth in 0 seconds (well, n, at least), which is obviously impossible.

  2. Re:Anomaly in Gravity During Sun Eclipses? by Smitty825 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ummmm...welcome to /. Obviously you haven't been here very long, or else you'd understand that this site is for uneducated speculation and theories, not informed discussion...please make a note of that for the future

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    Doh!