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Red Shift in the Anagalactic Nebulæ

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A PHOTON hv emitted by a distant nebula toward our galaxy possesses a mass and the equation for its energy is The mass μ of the photon is acted upon by the gravitational field of our galaxy, whatever this field may be: Newtonian, LeSagian1, or the relativistic curvature of space caused by the mass of the galaxy.

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  1. Abbott, C. G., âœThe Newtonian Lucretiusâ,Smithsonian Misc Collections, 142 (1899). Shneiderov, A. J., âœThe Exponentia Law of Gravitation and Its Effects on Seismological and Tectonic Phenomenaâ, Trans. Amer. Geoph. Union, 61 (1943).

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SHNEIDEROV, A. Red Shift in the Anagalactic Nebulæ. Nature 155, 332–333 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155332b0

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