https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1307.4371/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21014217urn:hackerpapers:mention:1307.4371:21014217Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:52:25 GMT<p>Firstly, somewhat nontechnically: if you think of a binary as being two ends of a barbell with an infinitesimally thin bar and heavy weights, and put the observer in the plane of rotation and far from the binary, sometimes one of the weights on the end of the &quot;bar&quot; is closer, sometimes one eclipses the other so the weights line up, sometimes both are equidistant. What a pair of accelerometers at the observer reports depends on the geometry, and in particular the orbital phase. We have, in effect, a giant Cavendish experiment. If we put a large compact mass between the binary and the observer…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1307.4371/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>gr-qc