Re: how does light (photon) escapes sun's gravity?

dedanoe wrote:

i was wondering... if massive objects attract photon's virtual mass
then how does the photon escape sun's gravity?

The escape velocity of the Sun is a little more than 42 km/sec. Photons go a bit faster than that.

Bob Kolker

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