[ml/nj]

This is incredibly stupid. If you do the math, it works out to one oscillation every ten million years or so. C is 440 Hz, which is close enough to Bb. One octave down is 220 or 440 x 2^-1. So 57 octaves down is 440 x 2^-57, which is a ridiculously small number of oscillations per second so it helps to divide the reciprocal by 60x60x24x365.25 to get years per oscillation. Anyone who thinks something like this can be observed or measured needs serious help.

ML/NJ

[ml/nj]

Lost my head. 440 is A. Middle C is 256. So it's closer to 18 million years.

ML/NJ

[HIDEK6]

"A" below middle "C" is 440 hz, but I get your point (middle "C" is 256 hz).

Assuming your calculations are correct, not only would it take 10 million years to get the one cycle, but music is defined as "regular vibrations", so youd have to observe for at least 20 million years to be sure the vibration you first observed was regular.

I think the way the came to the conclusion was to have assigned the "regular vibration" property to the phenomenon then they calculated the number of vibrations per 100 million years to get the pitch.

[FreedomOfExpression]

Wow! You ARE fast!
You must have been reading my mind when I was posting.

[spunkets]

"So 57 octaves down is 440 x 2-57, which is a ridiculously small number of oscillations per second so it helps to divide the reciprocal by 60x60x24x365.25 to get years per oscillation. Anyone who thinks something like this can be observed or measured needs serious help.

They have numbers for the energy, mass, positions and velocities of the galaxies and particle clouds involved. The configuration is a harmonic oscillator in the first approximation, so they can easily come up with an estimate of what the note is w/o observing an entire wavelength.

[goat granny]

Any one that can understand what you wrote is either a genius or schzoid...I am not a genius..

[Rebelbase]

“If you do the math, it works out to one oscillation every ten million years or so. C is 440 Hz, which is close enough to Bb. One octave down is 220 or 440 x 2-1. So 57 octaves down is 440 x 2-57, which is a ridiculously small number of oscillations per second so it helps to divide the reciprocal by 60x60x24x365.25 to get years per oscillation.”

It’s so easy a caveman could have figgered that out!