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Calculate the Angle by Which Light Would Be Deflected by Jupiter

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Calculate the angle by which light would be deflected by Jupiter, with a diameter of about0.10 times the radius of the Sun (70,000 km)and a mass of about 0.0010 solar masses (1.9 × 1027 kg).10^{27} \mathrm {~kg} ) . Hint: More Precisely 22-1 says that general relativity gives a deflection = 1.75 M/R.

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