Question

At an eclipse, we can measure how much light bends going by the Sun. If we assume the gravitational acceleration going by the sun is constant and equal, in magnitude, to the acceleration of gravity at the surface of the sun, how far would we see light defect from a straight line path as it travels one Sun diameter, 1.39 × 109 m? The gravitational acceleration at the surface of the sun is 274 m/s2.

A) 12.7 cm        B) 8.94 mm       C) 25.4 m          D) 1.77 cm        E) 2.94 km

Answer 1