Idea for determining speed of Gravitons

TheToid
Posted Apr 15, 2008 12:05 PM
user 6995248
Morayfield, AU
Post #: 1
I have read many replies to questions on the net about the speed of gravitons (ie. how long does a bodys graviational effect take to effect another body which is a finite distance away).

Everybody seems to say the same thing "special relativity" states that nothing can travel faster than light and therefor gravitons, or gravitational fields must travel at the speed of light.

So it sounds as if we just dont know yet for sure, however, I have a simple question that I hope someone can answer for me. When I look at the moon, I see it as it was a certain amount of time ago (as long as it took for those photons to reach my eye). At that point in time when I see those photons, are the gravitational effects on my eye happening as if the moon was at the same point as I "see" it, or are the gravitational effects I feel, as they would be if the moon was positioned in front of the current position as I see it.

Answering this simple question as to whether or not the angle which I feel the gravitational pull appears to come from where I "see" the moon, or where the moon physically is now relative to my position would seem to answer the question of what speed do gravitons travel at.

If the gravitational pull is experienced as it is coming from the direction in which I see it, then one could safely assume that gravitons travel at the speed of light, however, if the gravitational pull is experienced as it is coming from the direction of the moons ACTUAL position as it is right now (the position in front of the photons reaching my eye), then it would appear that gravitons travel faster than light, or at an infinite speed?

Please tell me if none of this make sense!! :)
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