The Speed of Gravity
How can gravity act seemingly instantaneously across the solar system to maintain stable orbits?
Timothian Model's Short Answer...
Gravity is the equal and opposite reaction to medium displacement by atoms. Bodies bidirectionally interact with the medium, both changing medium stratifications for all local bodies and moving toward their own buoyant point in the medium.
Details
Gravitational effects propagate through the chunk medium:
Orbital stability maintained by continuous chunk medium interactions.
No need for instantaneous action; effects arise from local medium properties.
Resolves the apparent conflict between gravity's speed and orbital mechanics.
Related Documents in the Full Timothian Model
The Nature of Existence
The Nature of Space
The Nature of Atoms, Charge, & Chemical Bonds
The Nature of Chunks
The Nature of Stable Orbits
The Nature of Gravity
The Nature of Magnetism
The Nature of Entropy
The Nature of Motion