Is it possible, or plausible, that the discrepancy between the mathematical equations Newton used to support his statements about gravitational pull and the mathematical equations Einstein used to support his Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity is a reflection, not of a "margin of error" caused by advances in scientific research between Newton's times and Einstein's times, but, instead, may be attributed to virtually imperceptible, but actual, changes in the solar system itself? For instance, the sun itself is different today than it was when Newton was alive, a fact which may be supported by evidence (data gathered by specialist scientists in planetary science, physics, and chemistry) which irrefutably demonstrates that, today, all of the planets in our solar system exhibit uniformly a slight increase in temperature, which is caused by the current cooling of the sun's outer shell, and concomitantly, the current rise in the temperature of our sun's subsurface shell.
Discussion topic submitted on Friday, December 13, 2019, by Nancy Ann Watanabe
If we recall the Panta Rei (everything flows) of Heraclitus and Omnia mutantur, it just can't be exactly the same as it was when Newton wrote about gravity. Our own experience proves every minute beyond any doubt that everything changes at different speeds, including ourselves. The universe changes every second to some (maybe hardly perceptible) degree, but how important these changes are? Some constants, of course, remain, but then again, will they remain forever?
I agree with Vadim, and I also add that both the Newtonian and Einsteinian models disregard the now long established fact that all masses are made of electromagnetic particles, the first because this fact was still unknown, and the second because it is incorrectly harmonized with electromagnetism as previously experimentally established by Coulomb, Gauss, Ampere, Faraday, Maxwell, Biot-Savart, Lorentz. In the last years of his life, Einstein asserted that he had become convinced that gravitation follows the patterns of electromagnetism.
The model of the solar system based on Newton's good old (terrestrial) common-sense of causality and the ideal circular orbits of mathematical abstraction; is fatally flawed. Albert Einstein then extended without any limit Newton’s flawed model with a much heavier dose of mathematical idealism, to the fantasy land of modern cosmology.
Somebody above mention Heraclitus, whose great insight and the immortal words, “Everything changes due to inner conflict or contradiction”, posited the brilliant dialectical view – the only perspective that can lead science in general and astrophysics in particular to positive knowledge of the universe!
No positive knowledge based on "outside cause" is possible; because through iteration it always leads to the mystery of a "First Cause" - the "effect" of a "cause", which for ever remains unknown!
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_Newtons_Theory_of_Universal_Gravitation_Fundamentally_Flawed
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