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tomrlutong t1_j29gfae wrote

Reply to comment by clocks212 in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey

I did the math a while back- you have to be crazy close, like 100s of km, to a merger for the gravity waves to affect you directly. /u/StandardSudden1283 Even a 'cold' pair of BHs (no accretion disk) would kill you from tidal forces at a much greater distance.

The article/u/kanrith links to suggests the waves could cause earthquakes or something on the planet you're on, and so indirectly hurt you, but its not verry convincing.

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