Light that passes by the Sun bended ?

[cktay]

How do scientist measure that a particular infinite light that passes near the Sun bended ?

 

[echo47]

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[usernam]

It due to the gravity well of the sun.
It was one of the tests used to verify Einsteins Theory of Relativity.

 

[Kral]

One experiment that was performed involved measuring the position of a star during a solar eclipse. The star was one whose position was accurately known. The position during the solar eclipse was such that its light just grazed the sun, which was obscured by the moon, so that the star could be observed. The star's apparent position was shifted from its known position due to the gravitational effect of the sun. I believe that this was the first experiment that was performed to verify Einsteins prediction.

 

[A.Anand Srinivasan]

it is by using the spectrum obtained near the surface of the object for lights that have bended there is a slow fading away effect

 

[eogotenks]

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