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could a gyroscope in a vacuum detect gravity waves from an explosion?
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could a gyroscope in a vacuum detect gravity waves from an explosion?
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could a gyroscope in a vacuum detect gravity waves from an explosion?
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theoretically the sudden release of energy from a nuclear explosion, because it acts differently then a conventional explosion on space, would release a gravity wave which could reach a distant gyroscope in a vacuum jar while the bomb was still inside itself and before light and long before seismic. So could the gyroscope detect gravity waves this way. also I think you would use quartz in both the clock to time the thing and they gyroscope.
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Re: could a gyroscope in a vacuum detect gravity waves from an explosion?
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Wrong on pretty much everything.
Nuclear reactions don't act differently on space that conventional explosions in any meaningful way.
Gyroscopes aren't any more sensitive to gravity than any other object, and as far as I know not useful for detecting gravitational waves.
Gravity waves don't travel faster than light, and wouldn't escape the bomb before it exploded. Perhaps a neutrino detector would give a fraction of a fraction of a second faster detection than waiting for the flash, but no strategic value to that difference.
Why use quartz clocks? If you wanted to be very precise, use an atomic clock.
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