TESTS OF RELATIVITY THEORY.—Einstein proposed three tests which have been verified. According to his theory, the Sun’s gravity twists the orbit of Mercury, increases the wavelength of light emitted by the Sun, and bends light or radio waves passing nearby. A further test, proposed and carried out more recently, is that the solar gravity slows down light or radio waves passing near the Sun.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32474, 8 December 1970, Page 15
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64TESTS OF RELATIVITY THEORY.—Einstein proposed three tests which have been verified. According to his theory, the Sun’s gravity twists the orbit of Mercury, increases the wavelength of light emitted by the Sun, and bends light or radio waves passing nearby. A further test, proposed and carried out more recently, is that the solar gravity slows down light or radio waves passing near the Sun. Press, Volume CX, Issue 32474, 8 December 1970, Page 15
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