Re: What's up with gravity wave detection?

From: Dave (davejlythgoe_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:09:32 +0100

>> Maybe here's a better analogy: Sound. If that depended on the source
>> speed, the sound wall wouldn't exist.
>>
>> Lots of Greetings!
>> Volker
> Sound DOES depend on source speed.
> Try moving through air toward a sound source such as a fire siren.
> Relatively, the source is moving toward you. All speed is relative.
>

The speed of sound through air doesn't depend on the speed of the source or
the detector, but the detected frequency depends on the speed of both the
source and the detector.

DaveL

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