• PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Thank you very much for the thought out explanation, i think im beginning to grasp the concept. To summarize to make sure:

    • accelerating mass causes gravitational waves
    • two bodies orbiting eachother are also accelerating towards eachother by virtue of centripetal force.
    • the energy to generate this wave is stripped directly from the kinetic energy of the system, causing the orbit to decay.

    So the comparison to atoms releasing EM energy is a bit more apt then I initially thought. Thanks again!