if photons have zero mass then how is it effected by gravity
Answers
Answered by
0
We know that black holes exert a gravitational force on the objects. ... You are right that according to Newton's gravity, the force of gravity on particle that has 0 mass would be zero, and so gravity should not affect light.
neymar112:
explain
As an explanation of why a large gravitational field (such as a black hole) can bend light, I have heard that light has momentum. This is given as a solution to the problem of only massive objects being affected by gravity. However, momentum is the product of mass and velocity, so, by this definition, massless photons cannot have momentum.
Similar questions