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It has long occured to me that, the properties of gravity can be easily visualised. If we imagine that matter has the property of 'sucking in space', like water down a drain.
If space is sucked in, at a rate (velocity) proportional to the mass creating the gravity. That would account by itself for the effect we know gravity to have. And fits with all the math.
The space would be sucked in with a velocity that is inversly proportional to the distance from the mass, just like gravity. The same flow that a gravitational mass is sucking in, would be passing thru every spherical surface you could draw around that mass. And the surface areas, of those spheres are inversely proprtional to the radius of the spheres.
I used to see difficulties, with the idea when I imagined it like a flow of water you throw a log in. Yes the log accelerates, untill it reaches the speed of the water. But thats not like gravity.
But if we imagine space flowing. And that, that space will allow conservation of momentum within it. The flow of space accelerates matter within it. And that increase in velocity is maintained.
Its not like a log in a river. Its like a log in flowing space.
You could say a flow of space (Fs), causes an acceleration (A). A = Fs (per second) .
A velocity of space (meters per second), At the surface of the Earth, the velocity of the flow of space, (9.8 meters per second), causes an acceleration, (9.8 meters per second), per second, that, that matter is subjected to the flow. (meters per second squared)
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There is a symetry between the idea of matter sucking in space, and the universe at large expanding
The idea that somthing that is sucking in space (like into its insides), might well also tend to expand.
The way the 'red shift' implies that our universe is indeed expanding. - - -
I just assume. That some sort of sucking in, of 'space', Is, going on, in matter. And is the mechanism of gravity. This also fits well with the 'Gravity slows Time(flow)' theory/observation.
However any understanding of gravity must also explain (To those who think there really is a mass increase, instead of just a difference, in the acceleration due to applied force) a mass increase due to velocity of matter. I can kind of invision a way space is 'crammed in' by velocity. Like air into a ram jet. into whatever mysterious pathway, space finds its way 'inside' in the first place.
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A test of this theory of gravity ( TOG :) would be to the 'speed of gravity'.
I was watching a movie. Einstien wa n a sailboat talking to someone about gravity. He said "If the Sun suddenly dissapeared, it would take eight minutes, for the Earth to notice any difference in its gravity.
I thought, by my way of thinking, If the Sun suddenly dissapeared it would be like someone suddenly plugged up the 'space drain' there. And the effect of its (lack of) gravity on Earth would be instantaenious.
I understand that so far the speed of gravity, has still not been acurately demonstrated to the satisfaction of sceptics.
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