07-May-2008, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by north
I say sun's atmosphere. Emanation from the sun, plasmic [sic] energy and heat causes the bending of light from a star behind the sun. [Snip!]
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Originally Posted by Celestial Mechanic
Wrong. Most of the Sun's atmosphere, especially the corona through which the bending of starlight is actually observed, is a better vacuum than any we've been able to make on Earth.
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explain
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