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To: Simon Green

And we can tell its location to within a few hundred meters.

This pulsar is 4,200 light-years away, and they can measure its position to within a few hundred meters???

8 posted on 07/05/2018 7:06:57 PM PDT by TChad

To: TChad

This pulsar is 4,200 light-years away, and they can measure its position to within a few hundred meters???

I think they’re speaking of its position relative to the other stellar remnants in the system.

11 posted on 07/05/2018 7:11:13 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")

To: TChad

Gravity researchers love to make outlandish claims they’ll never be called on for by grant funders.

15 posted on 07/05/2018 7:23:58 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)

To: TChad

I often can’t locate my keys with that precision!

22 posted on 07/05/2018 8:11:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

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