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Re:A meteorite hit the moon during yesterday's total lunar e... by balabaster on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:22PM (#18974385)
Light's path is affected by gravity of the bodies it passes in space, so technically it doesn't travel in perfectly straight lines at all.
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Re:A meteorite hit the moon during yesterday's total lunar e... by saagarjha on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:26PM (#18974410)
The parent commenter mentions this when discussing "geodesics in spacetime".
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