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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thank you very much for the thought out explanation, i think im beginning to grasp the concept. To summarize to make sure:

  • accelerating mass causes gravitational waves
  • two bodies orbiting eachother are also accelerating towards eachother by virtue of centripetal force.
  • the energy to generate this wave is stripped directly from the kinetic energy of the system, causing the orbit to decay.

So the comparison to atoms releasing EM energy is a bit more apt then I initially thought. Thanks again!