Thread: Gravitational lensing(or light path bending) and the apparent size of objects.
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Old 20-February-2009, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by cjameshuff View Post
The distortion of an image of an object by its own gravity is the exact same effect, and it is absurd to claim that calling it by the same name is inaccurate.
I agree that while the distortion is a lensing effect, it is not what is generally understood when using the term.
Just show me one link to a scientific paper which describes this occurence by that name, and I will stand corrected...
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