I bet there would be a difference in effects between a gentle indentation in spacetime and one that was twisted. In a wormhole with a gentle indentation I wonder if the gravitational effects would be less severe?
No, really, I was around when the planning for the experiement started, so I actually took about 60 years to finish my medical degree.
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/joking
But in all seriousness, I have no idea where you got that figure from. The probe was launched in 2004, and that's when I heard about it, as I was studying Einstein's theories of relativity at that time. And I never forgot about it, either.
Very interesting indeed. Now we have to find a practical use for this phenominon. The majority of all local bodies are too diminutive to create a usable effect. Have they developed an equation to relate the mass, revolutionary velocity, rotational velocity and twisting of spacetime yet? Is the effect linear, exponential or flat? Does the twist extend through the entire range of spatial distortion (which is infinite) and if not what is the relation quantifying its range of effect? If it does extend across the entire spatial distortion, does its effect decrease as gravity's does or differently? If we were to increase the precission of the measuring devices to even more unbelievable levels could we potentially use this to map the movement of all nearby large bodies in real time? Does space time warping occur instantaneously or is it limited by the speed of light or possibly even by the velocity of the body in question? Answer all of this and show your work and you are effectively assured a Nobel Prize.
