[HN Gopher] 'Wobbling black hole' most extreme example ever dete...
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       'Wobbling black hole' most extreme example ever detected
        
       Author : wglb
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2022-10-19 19:51 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | mlindner wrote:
       | This article was rather light on details and didn't explain
       | things very well. They don't tell how much the precession was,
       | how it was detected, nor much else about it.
        
       | omgomgomgomg wrote:
       | When they say wobble, by how much distance does the space aroubd
       | it wobble? How would this feel on earth?
        
       | wwarner wrote:
       | The paper on which the article was based.
       | https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11300
        
       | holoduke wrote:
       | A bit off topic, but I wonder how do researchers keep track of
       | these discoveries. There are so many stars, galaxies, objects,
       | that in 20 years from now there are billions of studies done on
       | maybe just a few of them. How do you know not someone else
       | already did extensive research on the object you study?
        
         | antognini wrote:
         | There's a website called Simbad that keeps track of
         | measurements and any publications that reference astronomical
         | objects: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/
         | 
         | Edit: For example, here is a list of articles that reference
         | this event: http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-
         | basic?Ident=GW200129_0...
         | 
         | (Currently only two papers are indexed.)
        
       | mannykannot wrote:
       | Is this the same effect as seen in the precession of Mercury's
       | perihelion?
        
         | pdonis wrote:
         | From what I can gather, it's a much stronger example of the
         | same general phenomenon, yes.
        
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