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  1. lpetrich

    Black Holes: Some Recent Observations

    ...know where that first number comes from, so I decided to calculate it. For 1 meter difference in elevation on our planet, time dilation is 1.09*10-16 or 3.44 nanoseconds per year. For 1 kilometer, that is 1.09*10-13 or 3.44 microseconds per year. Most of Australia's cities are on the...
  2. lpetrich

    Black Holes: Some Recent Observations

    Testing General Relativity with Pulsars - AAS Nova noting The Orbital-decay Test of General Relativity to the 2% Level with 6 yr VLBA Astrometry of the Double Neutron Star PSR J1537+1155 - IOPscience Earlier measurements of the inspiral rate had a 9% difference with GR. But it was difficult to...
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    Black Holes: Some Recent Observations

    ...in to their companions. For a pulsar with mass m with a companion with mass m', total M = m + m', one observes to lowest order: Period - P = 2*pi/n - n is the mean motion or angular velocity: ((G*M)/a3)1/2 Time across orbit - (a/c) * m'/M * sin(i) - a is the semimajor-axis length, i is the...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Reese Gorman on X: "Speaker Johnson on the chaos that went down at the Oversight markup last night: “It's not a good look for Congress. And as I've said a few times this morning, decorum is an important principle to maintain. And we're going to continue to try to advance that principle and we" /...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    That New Republic article linked to some tweets: Senator John Fetterman on X: "In the past, I’ve described the U.S. House as The Jerry Springer Show. Today, I’m apologizing to The Jerry Springer Show. (pic link)" / X "CNN: House committee meeting devolves into chaos as Greene and Ocasio-Cortez...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in hearing room | The Hill Presumably CH3CH2OH, but that would explain a lot. Noting "Dumpster fire" hearing spurs groans about Congress' new low Van Jones rails against Greene after spat with Dems: ‘She’s a disgrace...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 on X: "Some people are upset ..." / X 🍿🍿🍿
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Jasmine Crockett: Clip-ins are a kind of hair extension. They are attached to some of one's hair with the attachment being underneath some other hair. Then Robert Garcia D-CA, calling her remarks “horrific” and “disgusting”, saying that “I think there’s no question that Marjorie Taylor Greene...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Marjorie Taylor Greene fracas at hearing leaves lawmakers shaking their heads Speaker Mike Johnson R-LA: “It’s not a good look for Congress. Decorum is an important principle to maintain.” Lauren Boebert: Anna Paulina Luna: members must “grow up.” LB and APL went to NYC to visit their hero...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    From the article: "The madness culminated Thursday night with a vote on whether or not to allow Greene to continue speaking during the hearing, which the panel ultimately granted in a 22-20 vote." Lauren Boebert R-CO was the only Republican to vote against doing so. She and MTG have not gotten...
  11. lpetrich

    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Referring to a ruling that Oversight Committee head James Comer R-KY made about MTG's comments, JCkt said “I’m just curious, just to better understand your ruling. If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody’s bleach blond bad built butch body, that would not be engaging in...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    After a bit of argument about how to proceed, MTG agreed to strike down her words, but AOC demanded that MTG apologize to Jasmine Crockett D-TX, something that led to MTG insulting AOC. AOC: “I believe she needs to apologize.” MTG: “I’m not apologizing." AOC: “Well then you’re not striking...
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    The Marjorie Taylor Greene case

    Chaos erupts in House as Marjorie Taylor Greene, AOC clash over ‘fake eyelashes’ jibe at Jasmine Crockett On Thursday, May 16, some Republican Congresspeople went to New York City to visit their hero as he is being tried for hush-money fraudulence. When they returned that evening, they continued...
  14. lpetrich

    NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Could Get Us to Mars in 2 Months?

    Readiness, other features: Chemical engines: 9 -- high thrust, low EEV Ion engines: 9 -- high EEV, low thrust Solar sails: 7 -- low thrust, no onboard propellant VASIMR: 5 -- high EEV, low to medium thrust (?) OP's system: 2 Solar sail - listed as 7 because the Planetary Society flights seem...
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    NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Could Get Us to Mars in 2 Months?

    ...kerosene: RP-1 -- much like jet fuel -- much less toxic. One has to drink it to be poisoned by it. Oxygen and hydrogen are both cryogenic propellants, meaning that they have to be kept *very* cold to keep them from boiling. Their boiling points: O2 -- 90 K -- -183 C H2 -- 20 K -- -253 C
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    NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Could Get Us to Mars in 2 Months?

    List of missions to Mars Every mission to Mars ever | The Planetary Society Mars Exploration Timeline - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Nearly every mission to Mars was launched around some Hohmann-orbit departure time. The most recent launches were in July 2020, and Mars explorers passed up...
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    Columbia University is colluding with the far-right in its attack on students

    Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show - The Washington Post - "A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on Mayor Eric Adams and their work to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza war." NYC...
  18. lpetrich

    Black Holes: Some Recent Observations

    ...that the observed departure from GR is less than about 10-3. In terms of other alternate-gravity parameters, this effect has a multiplier of 4*b - g - 3 - (10/3)*xi - a1 + (2/3)*a2 - (2/3)*z1 - (1/3)*z2 Of these, in GR, xi = a1 = a2 = z1 = z2 = 0. Spin precession This has two types, which...
  19. lpetrich

    Merged Gaza just launched an unprovoked attack on Israel

    ...hoo hoo hoo. Don't call it genocide." has joined "Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo. Don't call us racists." it seems. It was implied by your presumption that *every* Gazan is a legitimate target. Trying to shift the burden of proof. Empty assertion. Cry me a river about Hamas. What would you consider...
  20. lpetrich

    Black Holes: Some Recent Observations

    ...to GR has a parameter, g (gamma), that is (space curvature) / (time curvature) that GR predicts to be 1. Deflection = (Newton-Soldner) * (1 + g) = (GR) * (1 + g) / 2 It was first measured in a solar eclipse in 1919, and it agreed wiith GR, though with big error bars, about 30%. Einstein...
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