Einstein's gravity explained

Mass distorts space time, we perceive this as gravity. A simple experiment tries to illustrate this distortion.

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• mass
• gravity
• einstein
• planets
• orbit

[easyletgo]

@ratchetman4 I never been happier to find that i was wrong.. :)

[ratchetman4]

@easyletgo actually no :) , since in space it's in a constant motion with no friction, in earth on that rubber sheet theres friction so the ball will loose its speed over time, luckly it isn't like that in space, or...or are we on a Giant 3D Rubber SHEET IN SPACE!?

[ratchetman4]

@goldenageism thats a 2D example, in that example 2D=3D and the 3D disorting=4D, the sun bends into the 4thDimension because of its mass. Just think about it, imagine if he made a real example dealing with 3d, he'd have to make gravity to do that, this is a simple, easy example.

[easyletgo]

so at the end, the earth and other planets will hit the sun...

[goldenageism]

This is an analogy but i still can't imagine how that works in reality because the spacetime is not flat like that rubber sheet

[desiromeo107]

@SICKJ0KER that's your reasoning? that's because there are other gravitational forces at work also pulling at the moon, and over long periods of time, they are having their effect.

Earth's gravity isn't the only one pulling at it

[INMATE2468]

@SuperMagnetizer mind telling me how it works then genius ???

[marktwainisgod]

Thanks a lot, this makes more sense now when I combine it with my discussions of inertia and how masses effect each other in space. In college Astronomy class we had a computer simulator that allowed us to change the masses and distances of planets from each other. (planets can jump orbits very easily by the way), it was 2 dimensional like looking through your camera but to see it in 3d is really cool. THANKS

[SuperMagnetizer]

Cute theory. But that's not how gravity works. Sorry to pop your warp bubble.

[ihavevideoatoo]

@Films4You no dumbass this is just a very simplified version because the actual 3d is wayyyyyy to difficult to comprehend