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    The following is a timeline of gravitational physics and general relativity. 3rd century B.C. – Aristarchus of Samos proposes the heliocentric model....
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  • orbits of Mercury and other planets. General relativity also predicts novel effects of gravity, such as gravitational waves, gravitational lensing and an...
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    Device used to measure gravitational waves List of gravitational wave observations Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity c2 M☉ is about 1.8×103 foe;...
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  • larger gravitational source. Gravitational time dilation was first described by Albert Einstein in 1907 as a consequence of special relativity in accelerated...
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  • 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law of universal...
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    Astrophysics (redirect from Astro physics)
    mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics, and atomic and molecular physics. In practice, modern astronomical research...
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  • general relativity, the gravitational force is a fictitious force resulting from the curvature of spacetime, because the gravitational acceleration of a body...
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    part of the regular spacetime and cannot be determined by "where" or "when”. Gravitational singularities exist at a junction between general relativity and...
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    In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight'), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction...
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    Pioneers of gravitational theory In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction governing the movements of bodies with mass. There...
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  • that gravitational waves result from his general theory of relativity as ripples in spacetime. Gravitational waves transport energy as gravitational radiation...
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  • BCE–present) Timeline of thermodynamics (1650 CE–present) Timeline of states of matter and phase transitions (1895–2000) Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity...
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  • General Relativity is a graduate textbook and reference on Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity written by the gravitational physicist Robert...
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    Newton's equation of motion in a gravitational field, written out in full, is: inertial mass × acceleration = gravitational mass × gravitational acceleration...
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    orbits of Mercury and other planets. General relativity also predicts novel effects of gravity, such as gravitational waves, gravitational lensing and an...
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    of gravitational lensing is described by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. If light is treated as corpuscles travelling at the speed of...
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    law of universal gravitation and in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. It is also known as the universal gravitational constant, the Newtonian...
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  • of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity...
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  • loop quantum gravity researchers List of quantum gravity researchers Introduction to general relativity Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity...
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  • Physics portal Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff equation Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity McEvoy, J. P.; Zarate, Oscar (1995). Introducing Stephen...
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    physics refers to pre-1900 physics, while modern physics refers to post-1900 physics, which incorporates elements of quantum mechanics and relativity...
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    S2CID 205263326. Penrose, R. (2002). "Gravitational Collapse: The Role of General Relativity" (PDF). General Relativity and Gravitation. 34 (7): 1141. Bibcode:2002GReGr...
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  • A more accurate program starting in 1959 tested general relativity in the weak gravitational field limit, severely limiting possible deviations from the...
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  • Special relativity is a physical theory that plays a fundamental role in the description of all physical phenomena, as long as gravitation is not significant...
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  • Timeline of black hole physics 1640 — Ismaël Bullialdus suggests an inverse-square gravitational force law 1676 — Ole Rømer demonstrates that light has...
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    mechanics, relativity, and atomic theory. Physics today may be divided loosely into classical physics and modern physics. Elements of what became physics were...
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    In physics and general relativity, gravitational redshift (known as Einstein shift in older literature) is the phenomenon that electromagnetic waves or...
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  • Newtonian theory of gravity is a good approximation to the predictions of general relativity when gravitational effects are weak and objects are moving...
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    of concepts like time and space. Although general relativity is highly regarded for its elegance and accuracy, it has limitations: the gravitational singularities...
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