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To: RightWhale
Gravity propagates in "waves?" I thought it was simply a curvature of space around a mass. </sigh>
12 posted on 06/23/2003 10:36:12 AM PDT by 10mm
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To: 10mm
Gravity propagates in "waves?" I thought it was simply a curvature of space around a mass

Exactly - that's the whole basis of the miracle bra / underwire theory.

22 posted on 06/23/2003 12:14:46 PM PDT by talleyman (If you don't mind, it don't matter)
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To: 10mm
Not only does it propagate in waves, there are these tiny little quanta called gravitons that are the _______ of the waves. The deepest Physics is so metaphysical ...
72 posted on 06/25/2003 2:12:52 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote Life Support for others.)
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To: 10mm
Gravity propagates in "waves?" I thought it was simply a curvature of space around a mass.

Yep, and the steel ball on a rubber sheet is a great model. But when you drop the ball on the sheet, the curvature of the sheet around it propagates outward at a certain rate.

That's what they're trying to measure.

284 posted on 06/27/2003 11:58:55 AM PDT by Oberon (What does it take to make government shrink?)
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