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Old 10-03-2008, 12:54 PM
Jazza (Jay)
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Binary systems do indeed orbit a center of gravity.
Similarly so do solar systems, no idea where it is for ours!
However binary pulsars (that is a system with two pulsars orbiting each other) are an excellent test of GR as they emit very stable pules of radiation at a set timing. This shows that indeed gravity does not act instantaneously but at the speed of light
Jay
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