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Interesting idea. The only response short of SENDING IT BACK I can think of would be to measure its velocity, divide by our best estimate of its diameter, and b
by nateburke 1y ago
Interesting idea. The only response short of SENDING IT BACK I can think of would be to measure its velocity, divide by our best estimate of its diameter, and broadcast the resulting frequency over radio in all directions.
- karmakaze 1y agoI believe we would have failed a number of times: using diameter instead of radius in the calculation, frequency in 1/s is meaningless because seconds are man-made, and finally we'd be trying to communicate with an inanimate comet.
- nateburke 1y agoFrequency can be perceived in any unit of time