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>Let's look at London. I picked it at random, but it just happens to have a land area around 1500km^2 Um am I really really tired and not reading correctly, or
by anon_cow1111 3y ago
>Let's look at London. I picked it at random, but it just happens to have a land area around 1500km^2
Um am I really really tired and not reading correctly, or is this confusing linear area with square area? London doesn't stretch from New york to Florida.
186000 miles/second * pulse of .003 = 558 miles ~= 900 km
- calamari4065 3y agoI knew I fucked something up. Don't do math while smoking, kids. Either way, propagation delay is a huge problem with synchronizing systems. It's not something you usually think about
- sand500 3y agoDont you have propagation delay in reverse too? Let's say you do turn off all the lights at the exact same time. The light hitting the telescope also travels at the speed of light.