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The fact that the event was 130 million light years away makes me imagine this chaotic, turbulent network of gravitational waves just ripping through pockets of
by kakarot 8y ago
The fact that the event was 130 million light years away makes me imagine this chaotic, turbulent network of gravitational waves just ripping through pockets of interstellar space...
I wonder how close you would need to be to "feel" the gravitational wave pass through you. Imagine being in the epicenter of a cluster of them.
- AstralStorm 8y agoI think 0.1G of acceleration difference would be felt as center of inertia shifts from center of mass. Presumably while you're moving. Even more so if weightless. If the wave is long enough or small amplitude enough you wouldn't feel it. For something like the neutron star collision, it would be relatively far but not far enough to not get fried by EM radiation.
- kakarot 8y ago> not far enough to not get fried by EM radiation Aww, this is not the answer I was hoping for. :(
- pps 8y agohttps://stuver.blogspot.com/2012/06/q-what-would-gravitational-wave-feel.html https://stuver.blogspot.com/2012/06/q-what-would-gravitation... https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/45n0sz/how_close_to_gw150914_the_black_hole_merger_would/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/45n0sz/how_clos...