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From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Speed of Light
Message-ID: <770@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jan-84 11:44:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  5 11:44:32 1984
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In article <15073@sri-arpa.UUCP> JAF%MIT-SPEECH@MIT-MC.ARPA writes:
>From:  Joseph A. Frisbie <JAF%MIT-SPEECH@MIT-MC.ARPA>
>
>The speed of light is rarely the same, it depends on the material it is 
>passing through. (Alot slower in dielectrics.) The density of the 
>vaccuum is probably greater closer to the sun.  Also aren't there
>gravitational effects, or do space and time change proportionally?

Does this mean that we could collect more vaccuum closer to the sun? :-)

-- 
Jon Biggar
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