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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
β | {{ | + | {{incomplete|Created WITH EXQUISITE TIMING. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
β | + | {{w|Radio astronomy|Radio astronomers}} use {{w|pulsars}} to try to detect {{w|gravitational waves}}. Pulsars are rotating neutron stars, which have a very precise period of rotation. They do this by tracking the rotation period of an ensemble of pulsars, super precisely over long periods of time, and fitting for a whole bunch of effects. Disturbances in the pulsars rotation period will be measurable at Earth. A disturbance from a passing gravitational wave will have a particular signature across the ensemble of pulsars, and will be thus detected. The process is called {{w|Gravitational_wave#Using_pulsar_timing_arrays|"pulsar timing"}}, or just "timing" for short. | |
β | The title text | + | [[Ponytail]] presents this to [[Cueball]] as a joke. Specifically, a joke about comedy. One of the most important aspects of comedy is revealing the punchline with correct timing. Ponytail sets Cueball up for a joke like: "Ask me what the secret of comedy is." / "What's the secret--" / "Timing!" In this format, the punchline ("Timing!") deliberately comes too soon, which makes it funny because the timing is bad. Ponytail also replaces the secret to comedy with the secret to detecting gravitational waves with pulsars, to set up the joke about the word "timing". |
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+ | The title text references a well-known real estate saying that the three most important parts are "location, location, location." In 3D {{w|Euclidean space}}, the three {{w|Cartesian coordinates}} (X, Y, Z) all refer to locations along an axis. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Single panel with Ponytail and Cueball standing facing each other] | :[Single panel with Ponytail and Cueball standing facing each other] |