General Relativity Predicts That Pairs of Objects with Nonzero Masses

question 27

Multiple Choice

General relativity predicts that pairs of objects with nonzero masses undergoing accelerations can produce:

• A) pulses of electromagnetic radiation
• B) gravitational waves
• C) high-energy particles
• D) a slowing of clocks here on the Earth
• E) redshifted light from the surface of the object

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