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Can you "ride" a gravitational wave?

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Re: Can you "ride" a gravitational wave?
« Reply #20 on: 06/11/2018 14:48:03 »
Quote from: yor_on on 05/11/2018 16:41:27
I should have avoided 'flow' as it seems to give different thoughts depending on ones view of it.
Flow is ok. If you think of it as variations of gravitational field the particles would tend to flow down the gradient.

Quote from: Professor Mega-Mind on 05/11/2018 17:12:07
Note-The better analogy would have been P-Waves .
....P.M.
P waves are longitudinal compression similar to sound waves. Remember with gravitational waves you need to think transverse-transverse quadrupole waves

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Re: Can you "ride" a gravitational wave?
« Reply #21 on: 06/11/2018 15:45:29 »
I belieb ya , somebody tell Franklin!
In truth , he ain't makin' any waves !
D.
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