Re: Wasn't this how Newtonian mechanics was disproved?
Wasn't this how Newtonian mechanics was disproved?
Newtonian - i.e. Classical - mechanics hasn't been dis-proven.
It is still a perfectly valid and accurate theory for describing a lot of macroscopic situations. You don't need anything more than Classical mechanics to, for example, send a probe into orbit around Saturn via several planetary sling-shot maneuvers.
Newtonian Gravity never explained why things moved as they did, it merely gives a means (formulas) of calculating it.
GR gave us the why, and more detailed and more accurate formulas to explain and calculate the cases that Newtonian couldn't.
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