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the SUN , is falling down ,( bowling ballon a rubber sheet ) according to einstein?
GALILEA GALILEO AND SIR ROBERT BOYLE , SAID EVERYTHING FALLS AT THE SAME RATE , BOYLE PROVED THIS THEORY IN A VACUUM , SO WHY DON'T ALL THE PLANETS AND CELESTIAL ORBS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM FALL AT THE SAME RATE AS THE SUN,
LARRY 454 will get a 5 star best answer from me , iwould like to hear more answers tho ,
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- Larry454Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
They would all fall at the same rate if they were all at the same distance. Since they are not at the same distance, they fall at a rate that is primarily dependent on the inverse square of their radial distance from the Sun.
Also, Einstein never used the "bowling ball on a rubber sheet" analogy. That was developed later on by folks trying to explain a 4 dimensional problem by using a 3 dimensional set of objects. It is unfortunate in that it uses gravity to explain gravity (i.e. gravity is what pulls the bowling ball "downward" into the sheet). This results in a circular logic that I suspect Einstein would have rejected long before he would have presented it in a lecture hall. Dr Einstein was not known for inventing creative ways to make his ideas simple to understand. This particular analogy does make it easier to understand, until you realize that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
