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Comment by opwieurposiu

6 months ago

LIGO can accurately measure small (1/2 wavelength) changes in distance, but it does not measure absolute distance.

Absolute is a lot harder to do with interferometers vs. relative measurements.

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kragen  6 months ago

Aha! Yes, very much harder.

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