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Old March 8th 05, 10:19 AM
Daniel R. Reitman
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On Mon, 07 Mar 05 10:06:14 GMT, "Ari" wrote:

How does Relativity account for the stability of the planetary orbits
if the speed of gravity is not inifinite, as in Newtonian Dynamics?


In the very long term, planetary orbits are not necessarily stable.
Furthermore, the relativistic effects on orbits other than Mercury and
Uranus proves to be negligible.

Dan, ad nauseam