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Wild guess on my part. The wave is traveling through the earth, while the distance you measured is around the circumference and therefore larger. Too bad, you
by josho 11y ago
Wild guess on my part. The wave is traveling through the earth, while the distance you measured is around the circumference and therefore larger.
Too bad, you had me excited for a moment at the thought of faster than light travel.
- AnonNo15 11y agoEven ignoring the curvature of the Earth, the signal source was not necessary located on the straight line between two LIGO locations, but rather at some angle to this line. For example if the signal origin was on the line that is exactly between the two LIGO detectors, the time delay would be zero.