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Solar System in a Can May Reveal Hidden Dimensions
dylanduck writes "A model solar system, made of tungsten and placed in space, could reveal hidden spatial dimensions and test alternative theories of gravity. If the system's 'planets' moved slightly differently to the way predicted by standard gravity, it would signal the presence of new physical phenomena." From the article: "Once at the Lagrange point, the artificial solar system would be set in motion inside the spacecraft. An 8-centimetre-wide sphere of tungsten would act as an artificial sun, while a smaller test sphere would be launched 10 cm away into an oval-shaped orbit. The miniscule planet would orbit its tungsten sun 3,000 times per year."
Is that like cheese in a can? If that is the case I do not want any.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.- Douglas Adams
' "If the system's 'planets' moved slightly differently to the way predicted by standard gravity, it would signal the presence of new physical phenomena." ' Uh huh. And if a frog had wings it wouldn't have to land on it's ass whenever it jumped.