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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yes, after 8 minutes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know gravity moves at the speed of light. I'm just referring to the slight pull of the gravity and the sudden shift to traveling straight off instead of a circle.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

All of that will only happen after 8 minutes, see this comment.

Earth has a circular orbit because space-time is curved by the mass of the sun. (Think of a large bowling ball on a trampoline, you can make a small ball travel in circles around it, and if there was no friction, it would go on indefinitely.) When the sun's mass suddenly disappears (by pure magic, as this would violate many laws of physics), spacetime would flatten out, at the speed of light.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What part of "I know gravity travels at the speed of light" do you not understand, to make you think you're explaining something to me?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the fact that you don't understand how the pull of gravity wouldn't disappear immediately

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol. You're a damned idiot. I'm not really sure you can "learn" basic reading comprehension, but maybe you'll manage it someday.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

yes I am the idiot