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Question on gravity as you aproach the speed of light

DerpenWolf

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DerpenWolf

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Ok so if gravity propagates at the speed of light and You have some mass moving near the speed of light what happens to the gravitational field of that mass? Does it get distorted in any way as the velocity of the object nears that of the propagation of its gravity?

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Nikolai

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From whose perspective?

Someone traveling along with the mass would not see its gravitational field change. Someone seeing it go by at close to the speed of light would see its gravitational field change in a way commensurate with the way its mass changed from its rest mass.

Does that answer your question?

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