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Old 26-July-2007, 01:41 PM
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It is well known that one of the great triumphs of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity came in 1919 when measurements of the deflection of starlight by the Sun's gravity were found to be in agreement with Einstein's predictions.

What is not so well known is that Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation also predicted the deflection of starlight by the Sun's gravity! And unknown to Einstein, an astronomer actually calculated the amount of that deflection (for a star appearing next to the solar limb during an eclipse).

Who was that astronomer? (Bonus points: When did he make the calculation, and what was the amount of deflection predicted?)
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