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ramsay@unixg.ubc.ca (Keith Ramsay) writes...
>>     The empirical part of this fact means that no gravitational
>>aberration has ever been detected, even though certain observations have
>>ten orders of magnitude more sensitivity than needed to detect any such
>>aberration which would exist if gravity propagated between masses in the
>>manner and at the speed of light.                                 ^^^^^^
> ^^^^^^

I think he means the force is toward the retarded position.

>How was it determined what kind of "aberration" would exist if
>gravitation propagated at the speed of light? In particular, are you
>claiming anything which is known to be inconsistent with (a) the
>orbits are consistent with general relativity, and (b) gravity
>propagates at speed c in GR? If not, then please word the claim
>differently in the future.

ouch. I agree the statement is misleading. He should describe 'the manner'
to avoid confusion.

Dave Ring
dwr2560@zeus.tamu.edu