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Can A Gravitational Wave Cause Physical Damage ?

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Can A Gravitational Wave Cause Physical Damage ?
« on: 27/05/2022 13:09:23 »
Dearest Gravtiationalists with degrees in Gravitationology,


Look at the below picture which I just took !









Bona Fide Piccy Of A Gravitational Wave Taken Just Moments ago.




As a Sheepy I of course know everything there is to know about photographing astronomical/cosmological phenomena. I mean, look at it !..it's a great piccy !


Can Gravitational waves Cause Physical Harm ?  say, they were mega strong ? What am I going to feel as they pass through me ?  Will I puke sheepy sick ?




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Oh Gravity, Oh Gravity
Ewe make me wanna rave
With your charismatic charge
As ewe pass you make me wave




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Re: Can A Gravitational Wave Cause Physical Damage ?
« Reply #1 on: 27/05/2022 13:43:20 »
Quote from: neilep on 27/05/2022 13:09:23
Can Gravitational waves Cause Physical Harm ?  say, they were mega strong ? What am I going to feel as they pass through me ?  Will I puke sheepy sick ?
It affects large things before small sheepish size things. At a moderate distance, Earth would definitely feel it, being stretched this way and that, causing earthquakes and volcanoes and such.  But if one was close enough to a source of such gravitational wave energy, the tidal forces of the masses involved would already be tearing Earth apart in a similar way via tidal forces, even in the complete absence of the thing putting out gravitational waves.

So point is, try to keep the sheepy pasture reasonably far away from really massive objects.
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Re: Can A Gravitational Wave Cause Physical Damage ?
« Reply #2 on: 27/05/2022 14:53:36 »
Thanks Halcy,

I appreciate that. ewe can consider my pasture pasteurised to a safe distance !



Quote from: Halc on 27/05/2022 13:43:20
Quote from: neilep on 27/05/2022 13:09:23
Can Gravitational waves Cause Physical Harm ?  say, they were mega strong ? What am I going to feel as they pass through me ?  Will I puke sheepy sick ?
It affects large things before small sheepish size things. At a moderate distance, Earth would definitely feel it, being stretched this way and that, causing earthquakes and volcanoes and such.  But if one was close enough to a source of such gravitational wave energy, the tidal forces of the masses involved would already be tearing Earth apart in a similar way via tidal forces, even in the complete absence of the thing putting out gravitational waves.

So point is, try to keep the sheepy pasture reasonably far away from really massive objects.
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