New Method for the Detection of Light Deflection by Solar Gravity
- 18 August 1967
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3790) , 806-808
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3790.806
Abstract
The prediction of Einstein's theory of general relativity that light will be deflected by the sun may be tested by sending radio waves from the earth to Venus or Mercury when either passes behind the sun and detecting the echoes with a radar interferometer.Keywords
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