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Re: Einstein's factor of 2 in starlight deflection

Einstein's factor of 2 was the right adjustment as later observations show.
If spacetime curvature is gravity or influences gravity then it should

On Saturday, 20 August 2011 18:45:57 UTC+1, H.Jones wrote:
> Einstein's original formula for deflection of light

On the subject of the ideal Master mass, 5.5098x10^29kg and the equally ideal proton monitor, 6.0714199x10^-27kg, we must also consider the role of

The subject matter here has digressed somewhat from title's subject, the bending of starlight under the Sun's gravitational pull. It rather evolved

The problem with the Bohr radius is that it is an artefact of the electron; neither does the comparison provide us with an exact indication of the

On Sep 3, 6:47 pm, "H.Jones" wrote:
> On Aug 23, 12:21 pm, "H.Jones"

On Aug 23, 12:21 pm, "H.Jones" wrote:
> To obtain g at Planck time we merely divide our

What the above demonstrates is that the spatial deflection, 2GM/Rc^2,
is not angular deflection. That is, radian does not equal radius.
In fact

The simplest deflection model to follow is the orbital path. There is
one important difference in that the speed of our light or