Does the moon pull a la Newton or a la Einstein or in a third way?

Authors
Rossler, OE Frohlich, D Kleiner, N Parisi, J
Citation
Oe. Rossler et al., Does the moon pull a la Newton or a la Einstein or in a third way?, Z NATURFO A, 55(11-12), 2000, pp. 981-982
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION A-A JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
09320784 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
981 - 982
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0784(200011/12)55:11-12<981:DTMPAL>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A new experiment, "Gravity Point", is proposed: The momentary direction of the pull of gravity on the surface of the earth can be probed. The time-dep endent changes of the gravitational potential are either instantaneous in a ccord with Newton, or follow the change of the moon's position belatedly in accord with Einstein. A pendulum-based design is proposed.